The Republic of Thorn1 is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, parental licensing program, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 4.508 billion Thorn1ians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 68.8%.

The powerhouse Thorn1ian economy, worth 479 trillion Idks a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 106,353 Idks, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 657,582 per year while the poor average 7,442, a ratio of 88.3 to 1.

Golden statues of Idks line the memorial avenues of the Funerary District, dog owners proudly declare that their pups can predict when the mailman will arrive, the government's approval ratings go down while its turnover rate goes up, and government popup ads are springing up like weeds. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, despite the fact that it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many laws. Thorn1's national animal is the Idk, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Thorn1 is ranked 39,943^rd in the world and 1,769^th in Suspicious for Most Conservative, scoring 77.33 on the Bush-Santorum Dawning Terror Index.