The Republic of That Man is a mammoth, pleasant nation, notable for its state-planned economy, prohibition of alcohol, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, devout population of 8.857 billion That Manians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized government prioritizes Defense, although Law & Order, Administration, and Industry are also considered important, while International Aid and Social Policy are ignored. The average income tax rate is 35.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong That Manian economy, worth 539 trillion world dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Woodchip Exports, Information Technology, and Retail. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 60,949 world dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

War criminals are given full state funerals, the entire entry for That Man in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the World reads 'mostly harmless', homeless people are periodically found dead upon altars to assorted deities, and UFO sightings are listed daily in the morning news. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. That Man's national animal is the gear, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

That Man is ranked 81,460^th in the world and 904^th in Remembrance for Largest Pizza Delivery Sector, scoring 2,566.08 on the Pepperoni Propulsion Productivity Index.