The Republic of Thrisho is a huge, cultured nation, ruled by Josef Stalin with an iron fist, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, public floggings, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 777 million Thrishoans 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, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Communistland. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 70.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Thrishoan economy, worth 92.9 trillion Roubles a year, is dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Basket Weaving, and Tourism. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 119,603 Roubles, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 434,862 per year while the poor average 23,404, a ratio of 18.6 to 1.

Tipsy fans frequently invite themselves to the board meetings of sports clubs, babies are a small but significant export, some are born loving old plays and some have old plays thrust upon them, and it is mandatory to learn evolution in schools. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Thrisho's national animal is the Orca, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Thrisho is ranked 7,237^th in the world and 7^th in Confederacy of Layem for Most Patriotic, with 51.57 flags saluted per person per day.