The Wastelands of Nothreen is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Godfather with a fair hand, and renowned for its complete lack of prisons, keen interest in outer space, and vat-grown people. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless, devout population of 14.355 billion Nothreenians 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, corrupt, pro-business, outspoken government, or what there is of one, prioritizes Defense, although Industry is also considered important, while Law & Order and Environment are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Efyuberg. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Nothreeny economy, worth a remarkable 7,288 trillion goldeens a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Gambling, Soda Sales, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is a breathtaking 507,723 goldeens, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 4,735,482 per year while the poor average 4,823, a ratio of 981 to 1.

One can walk from one side of Efyuberg to the other without setting foot on Nothreeny soil, in musicals everybody's a little bit racist, the government maintains a Department of Skulduggery, and barbed wire entanglements and guard towers surround the Efyuberg Natural History Museum. Crime, especially youth-related, is so common that it is unusual to encounter someone following the law, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Nothreen's national animal is the Cockroach, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Knockism.

Nothreen is ranked 95,289^th in the world and 1,804^th in the South Pacific for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 1,575.18 on the Gilded Widget Scale.