The Federation of Thyworlds is a huge, orderly nation, renowned for its triple-decker prams, irreverence towards religion, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 743 million Thyworldsians 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 enormous, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kawest. The average income tax rate is 69.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Thyworldsian economy, worth 27.4 trillion Pendants a year, is quite specialized and led by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Gambling, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 36,822 Pendants, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Brasilistan is being evacuated after its designation as 'Test Zone 1 - Nuclear', money can't buy happiness but it can buy immunity to prosecution, decreased demand for toilets is saving the prison service a lot of money, and the nation is weighing the price of victory following a nuclear strike. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control. Thyworlds's national animal is the armadillo, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Thyworlds is ranked 80,576^th in the world and 1^st in Thyworldss for Largest Black Market, with 4.28 trillion Standard Monetary Units.