The Kingdom of Thrastia is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Edo Pinke with an iron fist, and renowned for its public floggings, frequent executions, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 4.96 billion Thrastians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Marsbariea. The average income tax rate is 44.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Thrastian economy, worth 544 trillion Snoes a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Tourism. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 109,852 Snoes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Light entertainment shows are light on actual entertainment, the nation's laws on image rights are amongst the strictest in the world, pro-democracy regime change has been avoided, and quiet professionalism has returned to the nation's armed forces. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Thrastia's national animal is the Roach, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Thrastia is ranked 83,639^th in the world and 4,543^rd in Lazarus for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 2,037.11 on the Gilded Widget Scale.