The Colony of Thia is a massive, socially progressive nation, notable for its irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 2.211 billion Thians 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 tiny government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Welfare, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 6.9%.

The very strong Thian economy, worth 162 trillion dollars a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Retail, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 73,705 dollars, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 212,539 per year while the poor average 20,290, a ratio of 10.5 to 1.

Military spending is on the increase, a major religion has been named as Thia's national religion, Leader has just been declared ruler of Thia in an international press conference, and Thia has designated Thia City as its capital city. Crime is moderate, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Thia's national animal is the serpent.

Thia is ranked 16,117^th in the world and 1^st in Yoyleland for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 7,524.7 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.