The Eternal Misfortune of Thalasse is a titanic, genial nation, ruled by Leader with a fair hand, and renowned for its free-roaming dinosaurs, compulsory vegetarianism, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 24.787 billion Thalasseans are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, socially-minded, outspoken government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Thalasse City. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Thalassean economy, worth a remarkable 9,397 trillion Flowers a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is extremely specialized, is mostly made up of the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing. State-owned companies are the norm. Average income is an amazing 379,135 Flowers, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Elementary school students are required to master Bach's Chaconne in D before graduation, thieves claim they're simply working for the tax agency, literally voiceless people are unable to protest when food and water are denied to them, and the Party has more splits than a yo-yo dieter's trousers. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Thalasse's national animal is the Radioactive Butterfly, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Peace.

Thalasse is ranked 6^th in the world and 1^st in Pencil Sharpeners Puppet Storage for Most Developed, scoring 102.89 on the Human Development Index.