| Population | 3.542 billion |
| Capital | Demon Realm |
| Leader | Luz |
| Faith | Cards |
| Currency | snail |
| Animal | owl |
The Loving Couple of -Thanks-To-Them- is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Luz with an iron fist, and renowned for its triple-decker prams, keen interest in outer space, and avant-garde cinema. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 3.542 billion -Thanks-To-Them-ians are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.
The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Demon Realm. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 39.6%.
The frighteningly efficient -Thanks-To-Them-ian economy, worth 428 trillion snails a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Book Publishing, and Tourism. Black market activity is extensive. Average income is an impressive 120,844 snails, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 583,018 per year while the poor average 14,562, a ratio of 40.0 to 1.
A stocking with a crooked seam or a tie without a full Windsor knot are grounds for instant dismissal, troublemakers boast about how many times they have to visit their therapist, alleyways are now mostly used for illegal drug deals rather than illegal surgical procedures, and clergy never mention brand names for fear of losing their government subsidies. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. -Thanks-To-Them-'s national animal is the owl, which can occasionally be seen dodging aircraft in the nation's cities, and its national religion is Cards.
-Thanks-To-Them- is ranked 269,709th in the world and 43rd in Calefacta Aquas Piscinae for Safest, scoring 7.7 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.
National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Following new legislation in
-Thanks-To-Them-, clergy never mention brand names for fear of losing their government subsidies.
- : Following new legislation in -Thanks-To-Them-, alleyways are now mostly used for illegal drug deals rather than illegal surgical procedures.
- : Following new legislation in -Thanks-To-Them-, troublemakers boast about how many times they have to visit their therapist.
- : Following new legislation in -Thanks-To-Them-, a stocking with a crooked seam or a tie without a full Windsor knot are grounds for instant dismissal.
- : Following new legislation in -Thanks-To-Them-, the government has begun breaking all large businesses into thousands of mom-and-pop general stores.
- : Following new legislation in -Thanks-To-Them-, the skeletons of lost tourists litter the ground of the Great -Thanks-To-Them-ian Desert.
- : Following new legislation in -Thanks-To-Them-, the cancellation of "The Real Vixens of Demon Realm" has been described as a real blow for entertainment.
- : Following new legislation in -Thanks-To-Them-, televangelists flaunt their expensive cars when they attend charity events.
- : Following new legislation in -Thanks-To-Them-, the police have been known to wiretap confessional boxes.
- : -Thanks-To-Them- was reclassified from "Compulsory Consumerist State" to "Corporate Police State".
