The Wastelands of Nothreen is a titanic, efficient nation, ruled by Godfather with a fair hand, and notable for its closed borders, disturbing lack of elderly people, and smutty television. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless population of 19.448 billion Nothreenians are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The minute, corrupt, pro-business, outspoken government, or what there is of one, prioritizes Defense, although Industry is also considered important, while Law & Order and Environment aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Efyuberg. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Nothreeny economy, worth an astonishing 11,727 trillion goldeens a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Gambling, Soda Sales, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is a breathtaking 603,026 goldeens, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 5,624,495 per year while the poor average 5,726, a ratio of 982 to 1.

Nothreen's children are widely acknowledged as the most foul-mouthed in the region, the nation has declared war on all passing comets, politicians tend to jump ship to whichever party is currently leading in the polls, and voters regularly try to eat their ballot papers. Crime, especially youth-related, is so common that it is unusual to encounter someone following the law, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Nothreen's national animal is the Cockroach, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Knockism.

Nothreen is ranked 1,161^st in the world and 13^th in the South Pacific for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 102,611.61 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.