The People's Socialist Republic of Thebrin is a titanic, genial nation, ruled by Comrade Nathalie Handottr with an iron fist, and notable for its rampant corporate plagiarism, ubiquitous missile silos, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, cynical, cheerful population of 13.059 billion Thebrinians are ruled with an iron fist by the socialist government, which grants its people the freedom to do whatever they like so long as it doesn't involve getting richer than anybody else or challenging the government.

The enormous, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Karlmarxstadt. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Thebrinian economy, worth a remarkable 3,647 trillion Thebris 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 an enormous, deeply entrenched, quite specialized black market in Information Technology, Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Retail. 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 amazing 279,313 Thebris, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Protest songs are the nation's de facto anthems, shelters struggle to keep up with the endless intake of stray animals, craps take up a lot of time, and almost all of the nation's water is piped into the country from abroad for exorbitant prices. Crime is totally unknown. Thebrin's national animal is the Raccoon, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is State Atheism.

Thebrin is ranked 973^rd in the world and 28^th in The Communist Bloc for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 100.25 Effective Tax Rate.