The Republic of Thihi is a massive, cultured nation, renowned for its otherworldly petting zoo, restrictive gun laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.055 billion Thihians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Administration, and Education. The average income tax rate is 76.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Thihian economy, worth 74.4 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 highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Pizza Delivery, and Information Technology. Average income is 70,567 glasses, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Some electoral districts are without a representative as they are stuck with perpetual revotes, the opposition leader's credibility has been undermined by constant attention drawn to a dodgy toupee, power stations shutting down at night has made bedtime reading tricky, and citizens select which government department gets their income tax glasses each year. 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 11,178^th in the world and 159^th in Europe for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring 1,703.91 on the Clooney Contribution Index.