The Free Land of Thulis is a gargantuan, genial nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, ban on automobiles, and anti-smoking policies. The compassionate population of 11.3 billion Thulisians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Defense, Welfare, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Gothab. The average income tax rate is 80.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but underdeveloped Thulisian economy, worth 396 trillion Thules 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 led by the Door-to-door Insurance Sales industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Furniture Restoration, and Book Publishing. Average income is 35,108 Thules, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Soldiers with colourful mohawks make themselves perfect targets for snipers, televangelists flaunt their expensive cars when they attend charity events, government spending has hit an all-time low, and innocent defendants often plead guilty for fear of receiving a much harsher sentence before jury. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Thulis's national animal is the Grizly Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Thulis is ranked 58,882^nd in the world and 410^th in 10000 Islands for Lowest Crime Rates, with 72.02 law-abiding acts per hour.