The United States of Republic P-47 Thunderbolt is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, soft-spoken computers, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 4.565 billion Republic P-47 Thunderboltians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 51.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Republic P-47 Thunderboltian economy, worth 397 trillion dollars 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, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. 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 87,037 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government has cut taxes in the face of widespread tax evasion, wildlife near farms is slowly becoming extinct, citizens can be frequently spotted going about their business stark naked, and crossword puzzles have been co-opted as a symbol of racial discrimination. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Republic P-47 Thunderbolt's national animal is the Thunderbolt, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Republic P-47 Thunderbolt is ranked 49,985^th in the world and 3,033^rd in Balder for Lowest Crime Rates, with 74.18 law-abiding acts per hour.