The Frightening Lightening of Wombling Thunder is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by The Storm King with an iron fist, and notable for its vat-grown people, daily referendums, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 6.337 billion Raindrops are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Thunderbolt Alley. The average income tax rate is 45.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Wombling Thunderian economy, worth 894 trillion Cold Fronts 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, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Soda Sales. 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 141,131 Cold Fronts, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Airplane passengers have been known to stuff pillows in their jackets to get extra arm room, politicians sweat as journalists scour internet archives for any mention of them, the only Maxxmas gift frontline troops receive from officers is a bullet with the enemy's name on it, and money is being desperately pumped into the ruined economy. Crime, especially youth-related, is a major problem. Wombling Thunder's national animal is the Winds Of Fury, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Sky Of Hell.

Wombling Thunder is ranked 24,008^th in the world and 43^rd in Chicken overlords for Most Beautiful Environments, with 927.63 pounds of wildlife per square mile.