The Kingdom of Thurland is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by King Frederick I with an iron fist, and notable for its closed borders, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 3.734 billion Thurlandians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, although Law & Order, Administration, and Healthcare are also considered important, while Social Policy receives no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Thurston. The average income tax rate is 94.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Thurlandian economy, worth a remarkable 1,016 trillion Thurlandian Shillings a year, is fairly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Beef-Based Agriculture, Tourism, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 272,134 Thurlandian Shillings, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.2 times as much as the poorest.

Requests to "pass the salt" are supported by tank divisions, citizens receive notices of disenfranchisement along with their parking tickets, hospitals are amongst the best-funded in the region, and there are no bananas today in Thurland. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Thurland's national animal is the Stag, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Church of Thurland.

Thurland is ranked 14,172^nd in the world and 245^th in The East Pacific for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 7,209.1 on the Gilded Widget Scale.