The Republic of BETTERTHYWORLDS is a very large, safe nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 374 million BETTERTHYWORLDSians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Spirituality, and Education. The average income tax rate is 9.4%.

The strong BETTERTHYWORLDSian economy, worth 24.3 trillion stacks a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Retail, Woodchip Exports, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 65,024 stacks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.4 times as much as the poorest.

Personal injury lawyers are demanding compensation from the government after recent reductions in manufacturer liability, cubicles often double as graves as citizens literally work themselves to death, the nation's laws on image rights are amongst the strictest in the world, and there is a growing belief that consciousness is a simulated illusion within a computer-generated reality. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent. BETTERTHYWORLDS's national animal is the Blue footed booby bird, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

BETTERTHYWORLDS is ranked 291,883^rd in the world and 5^th in Thyworldss for Largest Black Market, with 36.0 billion Standard Monetary Units.