The Republic of Thihi is a massive, socially progressive nation, renowned for its daily referendums, ban on automobiles, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.012 billion Thihians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Administration, and Education. The average income tax rate is 75.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Thihian economy, worth 73.5 trillion glasses a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is mostly made up of the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Pizza Delivery. Average income is 72,592 glasses, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Would-be emigrants are told "abandon all hope all ye who would exit here", tax evaders are regularly visited by agents of the Thihi Blood Tithe, Leader is quite hard to get a hold of, and evenings at university debating societies often end with everyone acknowledging both sides may well be right. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Thihi's national animal is the whale, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Thihi is ranked 277,886^th in the world and 1,313^th in Europe for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -11.6 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.