The Holy Republic of East TISNoBob is a gargantuan, pleasant nation, ruled by Pope Bob XIV with an even hand, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, enslaved workforce, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, devout population of 15.67 billion East TISNoBobians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The enormous, moralistic, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Boberno. The average income tax rate is 70.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but stagnant East TISNoBobian economy, worth 200 trillion Ferrets 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 led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Cheese Exports, and Pizza Delivery. Average income is 12,807 Ferrets, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government snoops on private internet connections, withdrawal of support for drug addicts is leaving many with cold sweats, group photos of the members of parliament are often mistaken for family reunions, and rebuilding efforts for a recently destroyed cathedral aren't expected to be completed for another century. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. East TISNoBob's national animal is the Ferret, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Boberno.

East TISNoBob is ranked 266,877^th in the world and 3^rd in Small Ineffectual Rulers for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring -8.83 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.