The Goated Zone of Workuta Thob is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Colossal Craig with a fair hand, and notable for its state-planned economy, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.661 billion Thobians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Thobopolis. The average income tax rate is 81.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Workuta Thobian economy, worth 225 trillion gollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. Average income is an impressive 135,497 gollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The Smalltopian embassy doubles as an electoral campaign headquarters, lobotomies haven't been the same after the practice was severed, the Workuta Thob Enquirer offers weekly cash prizes for 'most blasphemous song, story, or cartoon', and the government frequently panders to parents with boutique tax credits. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Workuta Thob's national animal is the goat, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Workuta Thob is ranked 33,315^th in the world and 28^th in Horizon for Highest Average Incomes, with 135,497.87 Standard Monetary Units.