The Reich of the People of Thorstonia is a titanic, orderly nation, ruled by Vüerer Warlin Wallace with an iron fist, and remarkable for its lack of airports, pith helmet sales, and unlimited-speed roads. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 11.606 billion Thorstonians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, although Industry, Law & Order, and Administration are also considered important. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Thorsville. The average income tax rate is 85.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Thorstonian economy, worth a remarkable 2,361 trillion Thorsmarks 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 an enormous, deeply entrenched, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Retail, 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 amazing 203,481 Thorsmarks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

A large savings account makes you an enemy of the state, netizens fiercely argue over who loves Vüerer Warlin Wallace more, strange men lingering in offices distributing television sets is a basis for a system of government, and holiday-makers leave on the same clandestine boats that illegal immigrants arrive in. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Thorstonia's national animal is the Atlantic Puffin, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Thorstonian Orthodox Tewahedo.

Thorstonia is ranked 52,714^th in the world and 39^th in Fifth Empire for Largest Populations, with 11.6 billion capita.