The People's Republic of Therrielan is a very large, genial nation, renowned for its ubiquitous missile silos, smutty television, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, cynical population of 429 million Therrielanis enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The large, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Eastern Puffinopolis. The average income tax rate is 74.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Therrielanic economy, worth 43.2 trillion smackaroos a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Tourism, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 100,781 smackaroos, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Daring to agree with another politician is grounds for instant dismissal, prolonged government investigations are a common revenge tactic among spurned significant others, military pilots spend more time scraping feathers off their engines than flying their aircraft, and the average commuter spends four hours a day driving to and from work. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Therrielan's national animal is the vampire jerboa, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Therrielan is ranked 63,716^th in the world and 1,080^th in The North Pacific for Highest Average Incomes, with 100,781.56 Standard Monetary Units.