The State of Thomas Christopher is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by the Governor with a fair hand, and notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, complete lack of prisons, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 44.384 billion Thomas Christopherians live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The minute, liberal, pro-business, outspoken government, or what there is of one, is dominated by the Department of Industry, although Spirituality is also considered important, while Law & Order and Social Policy receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capital Heights. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 5.9%.

The powerhouse Thomas Christopherian economy, worth a remarkable 1,900 trillion betales a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is dominated by the Gambling industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Retail. Average income is 42,830 betales, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 235,250 per year while the poor average 3,963, a ratio of 59.4 to 1.

The Governor has just been declared ruler of Thomas Christopher in an international press conference, the deaf are perplexed when the weather report tells them that the wind will be "bringing some rain along the Nazi ghosts", weathermen are being arrested for attempting to read the future, and this year's comedy award has left mothers-in-law seething. Crime, especially youth-related, is a major problem, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Thomas Christopher's national animal is the deer, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Thomas Christopher is ranked 1,219^th in the world and 1^st in Thomas Christopher for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 17,724.01 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.