The People's Republic of Thebrin is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Comrade Nathalie Handottr with an iron fist, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, free-roaming dinosaurs, and pith helmet sales. The compassionate, cynical, cheerful population of 7.792 billion Thebrinians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Karlmarxstadt. The average income tax rate is 98.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Thebrinian economy, worth a remarkable 2,036 trillion Thebris a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, quite specialized black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Tourism. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 261,381 Thebris, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

100-year-old politicians are now a thing of the past, libraries are now installed with jacuzzis and mini-bars, a recent political speech drew the ire of nerds everywhere after the speaker claimed that Darth Vader was Harry Potter's father, and the children of Thebrin are often remarked upon for their cheery attitude to extreme violence. Crime is totally unknown. Thebrin's national animal is the Cat, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is State Atheism.

Thebrin is ranked 17,008^th in the world and 304^th in The Communist Bloc for Lowest Crime Rates, with 92.28 law-abiding acts per hour.