The Federation of Sria Thes is a colossal, cultured nation, remarkable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, ban on automobiles, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 7.553 billion Sria Thesians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, liberal, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sria Thesia. The average income tax rate is 81.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Sria Thesian economy, worth 411 trillion dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology and Tourism. Average income is 54,544 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

People seem disproportionately distraught when told a museum has a phones-off policy, doctors prescribe videos of political debates to patients with insomnia, the nation's politicians are acknowledged as the most polite in the region to the dismay of comedians everywhere, and courses in how to boil water are popular for formerly microwave-reliant Sria Thesians. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sria Thes's national animal is the leopard, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Sria Thes is ranked 19,170^th in the world and 586^th in the South Pacific for Smartest Citizens, with 64.22 quips per hour.