The Sultanate of Thorn158 is a massive, efficient nation, notable for its compulsory military service, pith helmet sales, and disturbing lack of elderly people. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 4.987 billion Thorn158ians 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 large, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 70.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Thorn158ian economy, worth 710 trillion Latinums 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, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Woodchip Exports, Uranium Mining, and Furniture Restoration. 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 impressive 142,392 Latinums, with the richest citizens earning 8.5 times as much as the poorest.

Nature reserves often contain artificial waterfalls and concrete paths, legislators work 24/7 due to an influx of single-issue bills, a bill to outlaw math homework has been submitted, and pallbearers at military funerals dive for cover when they hear the three-volley salute. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Thorn158's national animal is the Python, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Thorn158 is ranked 3,182^nd in the world and 6^th in Suspicious for Largest Timber Woodchipping Industry, scoring 14,647.22 on the Tasmanian Pulp Environmental Export Index.