The City States of Thaulandi is a titanic, socially progressive nation, ruled by Florin Bagocash with a fair hand, and notable for its vat-grown people, smutty television, and enslaved workforce. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless population of 23.371 billion Thaulandians 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 government, or what there is of one, is dominated by the Department of Industry, although Defense is also considered important, while Environment and Law & Order receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Stallhavna Port. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Thaulandian economy, worth a remarkable 7,781 trillion Florins a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Soda Sales, Gambling, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an amazing 332,965 Florins, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 2,058,722 per year while the poor average 23,302, a ratio of 88.3 to 1.

Jaywalkers are condemned to lives of poverty for their heinous crimes, interest rates mysteriously drop whenever the CBT Governor goes house hunting, bus shelters seem to be designed to let rain in, and economists have been named Invertebrates of the Year. Crime, especially youth-related, is so common that it is unusual to encounter someone following the law, probably because of the absence of a police force. Thaulandi's national animal is the Owl, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Cold hard cash.

Thaulandi is ranked 142^nd in the world and 1^st in Indie for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 851.03 on the Bus Surprisal Index.