The Matriarchy of Thelica is a large, safe nation, notable for its punitive income tax rates, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 127 million Thelicans enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 74.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Thelican economy, worth 2.41 trillion Butterflies a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Book Publishing, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 18,981 Butterflies, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

UFO sightings are listed daily in the morning news, digital novelty coins make for surprising vanguards of the revolution, the Thelica City State Museum is said to be haunted by ghastly musicians playing 'Nearer Violet to Thee', and citizens select which government department gets their income tax Butterflies each year. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Thelica's national animal is the Moth, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Thelica is ranked 240,060^th in the world and 742^nd in Carcassonne for Most Advanced Law Enforcement, scoring 1,012.52 on the Orwell Orderliness Index.