The Republic of -Thousand Sons- is a mammoth, efficient nation, notable for its fear of technology, public floggings, and frequent executions. The compassionate, cynical population of 8.932 billion -Thousand Sons-ians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 53.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong -Thousand Sons-ian economy, worth 503 trillion chaos gelts a year, is led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with significant contributions from Soda Sales, Uranium Mining, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 56,327 chaos gelts, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Singles on the dating scene no longer worry about looking their age, nocturnal light pollution is mostly blue, hordes of faceless civil servants are running cities, and a bill to outlaw math homework has been submitted. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. -Thousand Sons-'s national animal is the familiar, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

-Thousand Sons- is ranked 84,711^th in the world and 96^th in Remembrance for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 53.74 Effective Tax Rate.