The People's Republic of Thebrin is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Comrade Nathalie Handottr with an iron fist, and renowned for its rampant corporate plagiarism, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, cynical population of 3.654 billion Thebrinians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Karlmarxstadt. The average income tax rate is 95.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Thebrinian economy, worth 617 trillion Thebris 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 large, well-organized, quite specialized black market in Information Technology, Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, 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 an impressive 169,122 Thebris, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Criminals are put to death while cuddling their favourite teddy bear, Thebrinian athletes are close to breaking the 2 minute mile and the 16 meter long jump, a government program is underway to revitalize Thebrin's beaches, and conspiracy theorists allege that the government is spying on them through their carbon monoxide detectors. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Thebrin's national animal is the Cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is State Atheism.

Thebrin is ranked 265,338^th in the world and 1,835^th in The Communist Bloc for Lowest Overall Tax Burden, scoring -357.31 on the Hayek Index.