The Republic of Wildthyme on Top XVI is a massive, safe nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape and avowedly heterosexual populace. The hard-nosed, devout population of 1.397 billion Wildthyme on Top XVIians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 26.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Wildthyme on Top XVIian economy, worth 76.0 trillion pounds a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Furniture Restoration, Woodchip Exports, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 54,419 pounds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

Students who refuse to pray are expelled from school, every day has been a surprise since weather reporters turned to consulting ancient totems for their seven-day forecasts, people who stay late at the office often come home to find their own funeral being planned, and reporters who negatively comment on politicians' haircuts are cut from the news. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Wildthyme on Top XVI's national animal is the emu, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Wildthyme on Top XVI is ranked 148,424^th in the world and 29^th in Fukuoka for Highest Average Incomes, with 54,419.7 Standard Monetary Units.