The Republic of Thorn579 is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its daily referendums, prohibition of alcohol, and frequent executions. The devout population of 1.61 billion Thorn579ians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 63.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Thorn579ian economy, worth 109 trillion guilders a year, is quite specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 67,973 guilders, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Extreme hiring regulations mean a job in Thorn579 is often a lifetime appointment, Leader's family members carry literal get-out-of-jail-free cards, citizens are encouraged to report friends, family members or co-workers who seem depressed to the government for "counselling", and citizens need to demonstrate a complete set of dental records to throw five bucks in a hobo's hat. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Thorn579's national animal is the cobra, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Thorn579 is ranked 49,525^th in the world and 706^th in Suspicious for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 3,948.44 on the Gilded Widget Scale.