The Theocracy of Thorn21 is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its parental licensing program, state-planned economy, and smutty television. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 6.363 billion Thorn21ians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 68.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Thorn21ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,041 trillion Golds 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 an enormous, deeply entrenched black market in Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, Retail, and Uranium Mining. 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 impressive 163,721 Golds, with the richest citizens earning 6.1 times as much as the poorest.

Policemen regularly conduct midnight raids on closed donut shops to 'collect evidence', Thorn21ian watches list strained wrists as a common side effect, business is banging at no-tell motels, and Leader's former secretary was last sighted on her new yacht. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Thorn21's national animal is the Rattlesnake, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Thorn21 is ranked 228,621^st in the world and 2^nd in Endless Road for Most Extensive Civil Rights, with 30.78 Martin Luther King, Jr. Units.