The Federal Republic of Therblessest is a huge, safe nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The democratic population of 820 million Fake Therblessearyans Dudes in SLU 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 enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 72.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Fake Therblesseryan but in SLU economy, worth 5.40 trillion zdrasvas a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology. Average income is 6,583 zdrasvas, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Therblessest's national animal is the fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Therblessest is ranked 249,787^th in the world and 174^th in The Social Liberal Union for Largest Soda Pop Sector, scoring -9.9 on the Addison-Fukk Productivity Rating.