The Republic of County of Thuringia is a huge, orderly nation, renowned for its ritual sacrifices, daily referendums, and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 921 million County of Thuringians 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 medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, with Industry, Law & Order, and Education also on the agenda. The average income tax rate is 53.9%.

The frighteningly efficient County of Thuringian economy, worth 97.4 trillion Ducats a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 105,702 Ducats, with the richest citizens earning 5.2 times as much as the poorest.

The nation is ravaged by daily union strikes, the County Of Thuringia City Women's Prison Choir now has a baritone section, programmes of questionable content are shown at peak-hours, and fans doing the wave routinely disrupt the finals of Go tournaments. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. County of Thuringia's national animal is the Bear, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

County of Thuringia is ranked 281,354^th in the world and 685^th in Novaya Zemlya for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -8.49 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.