The Democratic States of Thorn170 is a massive, efficient nation, remarkable for its avowedly heterosexual populace, zero percent divorce rate, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 3.546 billion Thorn170ians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 50.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Thorn170ian economy, worth 450 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 a large, well-organized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Woodchip Exports. 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 126,916 Latinums, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

Fancy dress parties are raided by military police for new recruits, gun ownership is compulsory, Thorn170ian tourists are banned from many nations due to their tendency to randomly explode, and they who do not work shall not eat. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Thorn170's national animal is the Python, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Thorn170 is ranked 172,942^nd in the world and 7^th in Peaceful Region for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring zero on the Clooney Contribution Index.