The Combined Syndicates of Thespolis is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Nicholas Ernard with a fair hand, and remarkable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, soft-spoken computers, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 15.761 billion Thespolisians 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 enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Thepolisburg. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Thespolisian economy, worth a remarkable 4,493 trillion Thespolisian Labour Vouchers a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 285,111 Thespolisian Labour Vouchers, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Pareidolic SETI scientists swear there's a message from aliens hidden within pi, producers insist that movie stars wear crash helmets in every scene, war is made in the name of love, and the mob vote is a crucial electoral demographic. Crime is totally unknown. Thespolis's national animal is the Teal Salmon, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Thespolis is ranked 148^th in the world and 4^th in Europe for Least Corrupt Governments, with 98.92 percentage of bribes refused.