The Imperial Union of Thestya is a huge, safe nation, remarkable for its frequent executions, complete lack of prisons, and national health service. The hard-nosed population of 937 million Thestyans have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Healthcare, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Iranda. The average income tax rate is 15.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Thestyan economy, worth 24.3 trillion Krosts a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Information Technology, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 25,915 Krosts, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Teenage boys are raving about how the latest AI assistant sounds exactly like a sexy movie star, conscientious objectors are hanged as traitors, no one believes anything until it has been strenuously tested and peer-reviewed, and military pilots spend more time scraping feathers off their engines than flying their aircraft. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Thestya's national animal is the Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Thestya is ranked 257,950^th in the world and 6^th in Barbaria for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 97.6 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.