The Lost Island of Thakia is a titanic, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its keen interest in outer space, pith helmet sales, and smutty television. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 12.476 billion Thakians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Great City. The average income tax rate is 86.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Thakian economy, worth a remarkable 1,572 trillion Graios a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 126,050 Graios, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Babies are a small but significant export, 'Ankhaziosnado 6: You Gotta Be Kidding Me' is this summer's top-grossing movie, government programs are less "written" and more "plagiarised", and companies struggle to cover for the hordes of employees on parental leave. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Thakia's national animal is the Ankhazios, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Thakia is ranked 296,378^th in the world and 7^th in The United Islands of the Atlantic for Largest Pizza Delivery Sector, scoring -15.5 on the Pepperoni Propulsion Productivity Index.