The Principality of Thanitharia is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Prince Tomas Xeno Yi Zeus I with an even hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, sprawling nuclear power plants, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 1.4 billion Thanitharians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Jovulz. The average income tax rate is 59.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Thanitharian economy, worth 113 trillion Kraths a year, is dominated by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Arms Manufacturing, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 81,020 Kraths, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Conspiracy theorists allege Jovulz's new subway map resembles Satanic symbols, corporate executives continue to enjoy generous tax benefits while the public is taxed to the hilt, the examiners who examine examiners are being examined by examiners, and hiding wrinkles with make-up is illegal. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Thanitharia's national animal is the Gold Painted Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Thanitharia is ranked 65,960^th in the world and 1,368^th in the South Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 115 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.