The Black Hawk of Thyroton is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by Vamperiall with an even hand, and remarkable for its daily referendums, state-planned economy, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 9.305 billion Susnalonians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vampereo City. The average income tax rate is 57.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but sluggish Susnalonian economy, worth 225 trillion dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Trout Farming, and Information Technology. Average income is 24,210 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The Vampereo City Film Festival recently voted 'Susnalonian Getting Hit By Football' as best film, streakers swamp all public events in order to bare it all, the long arm of the law possesses a rather slow hand, and dangerous criminals are often 'accidentally' sent on one-way trips to Maxtopia. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Thyroton's national animal is the cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Vamperiallism.

Thyroton is ranked 88,722^nd in the world and 150^th in The Black Hawks for Lowest Crime Rates, with 67.36 law-abiding acts per hour.