The Imperial United Directorates of Thauria is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Director-President Tiberius XVII with an iron fist, and remarkable for its aversion to nipples, parental licensing program, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 3.853 billion Thaurians are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The tiny, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ingram. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 3.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Thaurian economy, worth 655 trillion Thaurian Credits a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Soda Sales. Average income is an impressive 170,078 Thaurian Credits, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,122,114 per year while the poor average 9,984, a ratio of 112 to 1.

Sports journals are full of uplifting puff-pieces on professional boxers, the fate of the world literally rests on Director-President Tiberius XVII's fingers, girls in elementary school classes gaze longingly at boys playing tag, and the nation is renowned abroad for its love of blood and guts. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force. Thauria's national animal is the Thaurian Hydra, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Pius Dea.

Thauria is ranked 14,491^st in the world and 31^st in The Land of Kings and Emperors for Most Corrupt Governments, with 124.42 kickbacks per hour.