The Watchfires of Blackfish Tully is a titanic, efficient nation, remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, smutty television, and disturbing lack of elderly people. The hard-nosed, devout population of 21.863 billion Blackfish Tullyians 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, Law & Order, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 47.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Blackfish Tullyian economy, worth a remarkable 2,201 trillion $$s a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Tourism. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 100,709 $$s, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Environmentalists are advocating slash-and-burn in the nation's forests, the tomato-covered corpses that decorate the nation's cities are a favourite amongst morbid tourists, school plays were recently banned due to concerns of child endangerment, and Merry Birthday is a popular protest song despite the risk of fines and royalty dues. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Blackfish Tully's national animal is the Death's-head Hawkmoth, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Blackfish Tully is ranked 16,859^th in the world and 1^st in Riverlands for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 108.26 on the Bus Surprisal Index.