The Loving Couple of -TributeArt is a mammoth, cultured nation, ruled by Gus with an even hand, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, lack of airports, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, humorless population of 9.989 billion -TributeArtians 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 large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Boiling Isles. The average income tax rate is 71.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient -TributeArtian economy, worth a remarkable 1,219 trillion snails 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, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Retail, and Woodchip Exports. 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 122,124 snails, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

Government has seized the opium of the people, -TributeArtians are regularly fired for looking at MyFace during their lunch breaks, it is not politically correct to suspect that a serially convicted burglar might steal again, and afternoon delight in care homes is restricted to a serving of spotted dick at 3pm. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. -TributeArt's national animal is the owl, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Cards.

-TributeArt is ranked 160,229^th in the world and 39^th in Solvang for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 1,262.3 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.