The National Republic of Thermodolia is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by President Jacob Zarman with a fair hand, and renowned for its anti-smoking policies, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, democratic, humorless population of 11.231 billion Thermodolians 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.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Thermodolia City. The average income tax rate is 76.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Thermodolian economy, worth a remarkable 2,302 trillion Thermadolians a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Retail. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 204,989 Thermadolians, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

The police go to great efforts to seize contraband favored by politicians on the police oversight committee, the combined alert sound of a nation simultaneously receiving a text message is a common cause of hearing damage, strip mining of rare earth metals is up while back problems are down, and the nation's atlases tend to go out of date every few weeks. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Thermodolia's national animal is the Thermodolian Black Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Thermodolian Christianity.

Thermodolia is ranked 164,047^th in the world and 253^rd in Gay for Highest Crime Rates, with 1.57 Crimes Per Hour.