The Republic of The People Of New Thebes is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by King Creon with an iron fist, and remarkable for its frequent executions, smutty television, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 14.531 billion Thebans are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The relatively small, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, with Law & Order and Industry also on the agenda, while Welfare and Social Policy are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Delphi. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 22.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Theban economy, worth a remarkable 2,827 trillion Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 194,566 Dollars, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,355,882 per year while the poor average 9,679, a ratio of 140 to 1.

College athletes are arrested for selling lemonade, Big Brother is still watching even when your big brother is dead, nuclear reactors are held together with party string and Hubba Bubba, and the newest East Lebatuckese coins have "long live East Lebatuck" on heads and "death to The People Of New Thebes" on tails. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force. The People Of New Thebes's national animal is the Byzantine Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Christianity.

The People Of New Thebes is ranked 36,941^st in the world and 5^th in Greece for Lowest Crime Rates, with 79.04 law-abiding acts per hour.