The Most Serene Republic of NUMTHOTS is a mammoth, genial nation, remarkable for its punitive income tax rates, suspicion of poets, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 8.264 billion NUMTHOTSians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 63.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but stagnant NUMTHOTSian economy, worth 111 trillion atomic numbers a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, fairly diversified black market in Tourism, Pizza Delivery, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 13,385 atomic numbers, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Imitation is the sincerest form of felony, graffiti graces every city's streets, kindergartners love the free balloons that their schools give them, and pedal-powered removal vans are a popular Maxxmas gift for the children of separated parents. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. NUMTHOTS's national animal is the atom, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

NUMTHOTS is ranked 55,605^th in the world and 9^th in Neocortex for Smartest Citizens, with 41.82 quips per hour.