The Lore of Thneedtown is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Ebeziah Muji with a fair hand, and renowned for its ubiquitous missile silos, keen interest in outer space, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 13.808 billion Thneedans enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The enormous, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Zirotler. The average income tax rate is 85.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Thneed economy, worth a remarkable 1,546 trillion Gekans a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 112,033 Gekans, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Foreign football clubs wave the Thneed flag before every game, restaurants are required to specify whether their toilet paper was made in Thneedtown, foreign policy is to avoid standing up to bullies, and the news is showing footage of Ebeziah Muji bullying an old man to the point of tears. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Thneedtown's national animal is the Totar, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Nine Divines.

Thneedtown is ranked 224,728^th in the world and 8,928^th in The North Pacific for Fattest Citizens, with 6.45 Obesity Rate.