The Republic of Thricium is a very large, socially progressive nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, keen interest in outer space, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 182 million Thriciumians are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The minute, pro-business, outspoken government, or what there is of one, prioritizes Defense, with Education, Administration, and Healthcare also on the agenda, while Spirituality and Social Policy are ignored. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.7%.

The thriving Thriciumian economy, worth 15.4 trillion alaskan thrices a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Book Publishing. Average income is 84,843 alaskan thrices, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 350,373 per year while the poor average 13,507, a ratio of 25.9 to 1.

Internet sites are legally unable to stop their users from posting pornography, for the sake of 'public interest' news programs tell viewers how to home-make Sarin gas bombs, foreign leaders' Twitcher accounts are monitored for potential threats to national security, and the Foreign Ministry thinks an eye for an eye is a blindingly good idea. Crime is a problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Thricium's national animal is the brown bear, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Thricium is ranked 49,559^th in the world and 26^th in Callista for Smartest Citizens, with 39.81 quips per hour.