The Things explode of Things explode is a titanic, safe nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape and restrictive gun laws. The hard-working population of 12.976 billion raiders 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 medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 29.3%.

The explosive economy, worth 502 trillion explosives a year, is quite specialized and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Automobile Manufacturing, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 38,719 explosives, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.2 times as much as the poorest.

Pet owners must make a payment if their charges leave a deposit, citizens are barcoded to keep track of their movements, military spending recently hit a new high, and the country's famous rainforests are being bulldozed by the mining industry. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Things explode's national animal is the hawk, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Things explode is ranked 316,914^th in the world and 1^st in Things explode for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring -63.64 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.