The Wastelands of Nothreen is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Godfather with a fair hand, and notable for its otherworldly petting zoo, compulsory military service, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless population of 15.844 billion Nothreenians are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The minute, corrupt, pro-business, outspoken government, or what there is of one, prioritizes Defense, with Industry also on the agenda, while Law & Order and Environment aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Efyuberg. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Nothreeny economy, worth a remarkable 8,402 trillion goldeens a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Gambling, Soda Sales, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is a breathtaking 530,320 goldeens, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 4,946,280 per year while the poor average 5,037, a ratio of 982 to 1.

Godfather's Dreadnought-class tankbuster limousine is said to have more ammunition than the entire Brancalandian Army, pharmacists increasingly claim they are morally obligated to take long lunches, people all over Nothreen are dying of 'Mad Cockroach Disease', and environmentalists are advocating slash-and-burn in the nation's forests. Crime, especially youth-related, is so common that it is unusual to encounter someone following the law, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Nothreen's national animal is the Cockroach, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Knockism.

Nothreen is ranked 336,079^th in the world and 5,003^rd in the South Pacific for Most Cultured, scoring -131 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.