The Democratic People's Republic of Far Tholk is a gargantuan, cultured nation, renowned for its daily referendums, irreverence towards religion, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, democratic population of 17.069 billion Far Tholkians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Far Tholk City. The average income tax rate is 91.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Far Tholkian economy, worth a remarkable 1,818 trillion gold pieces a year, is extremely specialized and mostly made up of the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 106,531 gold pieces, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Hay has been added to school cafeteria menus, the media seems excessively interested in what Leader is wearing this season, turnstile jumpers grow up to be tax cheats, and court cases mostly involve lawyers shouting questions at witnesses giving silent shrugs. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Far Tholk's national animal is the squirrel, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Far Tholk is ranked 314,231^st in the world and 15^th in The Great Experiment for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry, scoring -13.56 on the Spitz-Pollish Productivity Index.