The Armed Republic of Thornid is a titanic, socially progressive nation, ruled by High Praetor Gladius LaFlorona with a fair hand, and remarkable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, pith helmet sales, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 20.686 billion Thornidians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, liberal, outspoken government is primarily concerned with Defense, although Education, Administration, and Healthcare are also considered important, while Spirituality and International Aid receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Phenac City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 75.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Thornidian economy, worth a remarkable 3,968 trillion Urists a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 191,846 Urists, with the richest citizens earning 6.0 times as much as the poorest.

The country behaves just like a group of independent provinces all stacked up under a trench coat, the government has pinkie-promised never to use its veto power except in an emergency, the Museum of Blackacrean War Crimes is located on "Blackacre Did Nothing Wrong Avenue", and colonists who were promised new lands find only war-torn devastation. Crime is totally unknown. Thornid's national animal is the Roadrunner, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Thornid is ranked 266,137^th in the world and 2^nd in Poenas for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -6.93 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.