The Loving Couple of -Thanks-To-Them- is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Luz with an iron fist, and notable for its compulsory military service, frequent executions, and prohibition of alcohol. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 3.461 billion -Thanks-To-Them-ians are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Demon Realm. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 36.5%.

The frighteningly efficient -Thanks-To-Them-ian economy, worth 413 trillion snails a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Book Publishing, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is extensive. Average income is an impressive 119,473 snails, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 619,596 per year while the poor average 12,482, a ratio of 49.6 to 1.

Commercial ships often report keel and hull damage from coral reef impacts, fearful citizens watch their every move as does their government, breast milk lattes are the newest fad among hip urbanites, and tourists are denied entry because of a distant relative married to a Lilliputian. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. -Thanks-To-Them-'s national animal is the owl, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Cards.

-Thanks-To-Them- is ranked 233,192^nd in the world and 43^rd in Calefacta Aquas Piscinae for Most Primitive, scoring -112.78 on the Scary Big Number Scale.