The People's Republic of Therrielan is a very large, genial nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 419 million Therrielanis enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The large, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Eastern Puffinopolis. The average income tax rate is 73.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Therrielanic economy, worth 42.7 trillion smackaroos a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Tourism, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 101,792 smackaroos, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Sending sick politicians "Get Well Soon" cards is considered bribery, road signs are getting harder to read under layers of knitted woolen cardigans, reflex hammers and sickle cell research are uniform comrades, and immigrants who carry knives on them are presumed to be chefs. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Therrielan's national animal is the vampire jerboa, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Therrielan is ranked 146,324^th in the world and 2,255^th in The North Pacific for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 844.83 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.