The People's Republic of Thorkok is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Premier Boris Sthukshin with an iron fist, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, compulsory military service, and ritual sacrifices. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 1.894 billion Thorkokians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The large, corrupt government prioritizes Defense, although Law & Order, Industry, and Education are also considered important. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Isonbert. The average income tax rate is 70.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Thorkokian economy, worth 217 trillion Zanonsts a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Retail, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 114,770 Zanonsts, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Councils up and down the country wrangle over legal matters, children have lost interest in toy guns in favor of toy meth lab kits, chewing tree bark proves to have limited value during childbirth, and the government has awarded itself a month-long holiday to celebrate its achievements. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Thorkok's national animal is the Seal, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways, and its national religion is Thorkokianism.

Thorkok is ranked 56,456^th in the world and 1^st in Kralistan for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 132.88 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.