The Free State of Thuringia is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Bodo Ramelow with an even hand, and notable for its zero percent divorce rate and suspicion of poets. The hard-working population of 27.239 billion Thuringians are free to succeed or fail in life on their own merits; the successful tend to enjoy an opulent (but moralistic) lifestyle, while the failures can be seen crowding out most jails.

The large, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Education, Spirituality, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Erfurt. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 37.6%.

The very strong Thuringian economy, worth a remarkable 1,427 trillion marks a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Furniture Restoration, Woodchip Exports, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 52,414 marks, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 160,115 per year while the poor average 13,299, a ratio of 12.0 to 1.

Abortion is only legal in unusual circumstances, Thuringia has designated Erfurt as its capital city, Bodo Ramelow has just been declared ruler of Thuringia in an international press conference, and Lutheranism has been named as Thuringia's national religion. Crime, especially youth-related, is relatively low, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Thuringia's national animal is the Bacillus thuringiensis and its national religion is Lutheranism.

Thuringia is ranked 137,569^th in the world and 6^th in German Confederation for Most Corrupt Governments, with 4.64 kickbacks per hour.