The United Technocratic Tribes of Western Theram is a titanic, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Dr Ratmeat and the Governing Council with an even hand, and remarkable for its ubiquitous missile silos, compulsory gun ownership, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 12.31 billion Goblins have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ramosanti. The average income tax rate is 40.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Theramian economy, worth a remarkable 4,092 trillion credits 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, broadly diversified black market in Information Technology, Tourism, Retail, and Book Publishing. 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 amazing 332,441 credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Relations with Merovingia are as cold as Western Theram's high-security cell blocks, abortions are routinely performed in the nation's hospitals, armed police units patrol the roads late at night, and nuclear reactors are held together with party string and Hubba Bubba. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Western Theram's national animal is the jackaroo, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Western Theram is ranked 1,237^th in the world and 1^st in The DankLeft Commune for Highest Poor Incomes, with 254,706.7 Standard Monetary Units.