The Holy Empire of Thorn30 is a colossal, orderly nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, ritual sacrifices, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 6.095 billion Thorn30ians 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 large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 68.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Thorn30ian economy, worth 765 trillion Golds a year, is quite specialized and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Information Technology, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 125,636 Golds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

Only those who apply can study applied maths, homeowners are evicted to make way for new runways, every diamond ring sold is accompanied by a twenty-five page analysis and a waiver, and the average video game can be completed over lunch break. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Thorn30's national animal is the Rattlesnake, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Thorn30 is ranked 131,114^th in the world and 1^st in The Dude for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 39,072.85 Standard Monetary Units.