The Wastelands of Nothreen is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Godfather with a fair hand, and notable for its public floggings, compulsory military service, and astonishingly minimal parenting. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless, devout population of 15.194 billion Nothreenians are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The minute, corrupt, pro-business, outspoken government, or what there is of one, prioritizes Defense, although Industry is also considered important, while Law & Order and Environment receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Efyuberg. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Nothreeny economy, worth a remarkable 7,937 trillion goldeens a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Gambling, Soda Sales, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is a breathtaking 522,400 goldeens, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 4,872,393 per year while the poor average 4,962, a ratio of 981 to 1.

Nothreeny politics is literally a blood sport, schools offer a range of lessons in subjects as diverse as The Economics of Bullying for Lunch Money, a cat may look at a king and a dude can look at an ass, and colonial subjects have Nothreeny culture shoved down their throats. Crime, especially youth-related, is so common that it is unusual to encounter someone following the law, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Nothreen's national animal is the Cockroach, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Knockism.

Nothreen is ranked 303,624^th in the world and 5,088^th in the South Pacific for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring -77.65 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.