The Fiefdom of Thorn84 is a colossal, cultured nation, notable for its complete lack of prisons, parental licensing program, and public floggings. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 5.99 billion Thorn84ians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 61.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Thorn84ian economy, worth 764 trillion Monies 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, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, Woodchip Exports, and Uranium Mining. 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 127,689 Monies, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Thorn84ian Standard Vodka is the only drink that bars stock, armed security details escort librarians to their homes, an aboriginal talking stick is used for leaders' debates at election time, and frustrated women are overjoyed at the provision of communal washing machines. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Thorn84's national animal is the Lion, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Thorn84 is ranked 6,224^th in the world and 30^th in Suspicious for Largest Basket Weaving Sector, scoring 7,966.18 on the Hickory Productivity Index.