The Federal Republic of Thenaire is a colossal, efficient nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, frequent executions, and compulsory military service. The hard-working, democratic population of 4.081 billion Thenaireans 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, outspoken government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Welfare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 5.0%.

The very strong Thenairean economy, worth 297 trillion Rennes a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Furniture Restoration industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. Average income is 72,857 Rennes, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 214,585 per year while the poor average 19,470, a ratio of 11.0 to 1.

Baby boys who pick up pink crayons are sent to a psychiatric ward, remote-control hang-gliding scarecrows patrol the skies to keep songbirds from leaving the nation's borders, belligerent citizens shoot at passing clouds for 'violating their airspace', and the Thenairean Intelligence Agency relies on internet search engines to know what is happening overseas. Crime, especially youth-related, is relatively low. Thenaire's national animal is the Crow, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Thenaire is ranked 205,423^rd in the world and 3^rd in Perdita for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 851.69 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.