The Principality of Thready is a titanic, efficient nation, ruled by Taylor with an iron fist, and notable for its deadly medical pandemics, disturbing lack of elderly people, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 16.383 billion Tailors 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 juggles the competing demands of Administration, Industry, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sewing City. The average income tax rate is 74.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Threadyian economy, worth a remarkable 3,765 trillion denarii a year, is mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Retail, Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Gambling. Average income is an amazing 229,829 denarii, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.6 times as much as the poorest.

Garden stores are not allowed to sell water butts, emperors are sacrificed to Violet to save on postage, the possibility of gain causes universal pain, and kindergartners' favourite dance move is the stop-drop-and-roll. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Thready's national animal is the silkworm, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Knitting.

Thready is ranked 38,858^th in the world and 40^th in Anteria for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 2,311.79 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.