The 1st Allied Fleet Flagship of HMS Thunder of God is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by Captain Thomas Thiesman with an iron fist, and remarkable for its compulsory military service, avowedly heterosexual populace, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 5.44 billion RHN Officers are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Spirituality. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Flag Bridge. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 22.8%.

The strong Haltoran economy, worth 315 trillion Haltoran Marks a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Pizza Delivery. Average income is 57,943 Haltoran Marks, with the richest citizens earning 7.4 times as much as the poorest.

It is illegal to have the wrong clock time showing on your microwave oven, HMS Thunder of God has designated Flag Bridge as its capital city, Captain Thomas Thiesman has been known to threaten dissenting citizens with a machine gun at press conferences, and Christianity has been named as HMS Thunder of God's national religion. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. HMS Thunder of God's national animal is the Lion and its national religion is Christianity.

HMS Thunder of God is ranked 96,247^th in the world and 1^st in Victoria Shipyard for Most Patriotic, with 16.97 flags saluted per person per day.