The Principality of Tidal City is a mammoth, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape. The quiet, industrious population of 8.728 billion Citizen of Tidals enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The medium-sized, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 30.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Tidal Citizen economy, worth 289 trillion Sovereigns a year, is quite specialized and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with significant contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Gambling, and Retail. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 33,115 Sovereigns, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

The country's famous rainforests are being bulldozed by the mining industry, the government awards prizes to television shows featuring stereotype-breaking minority roles, the latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, and napalm is the tool of choice for disabling eco-unfriendly forestry operations. Crime is almost non-existent, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tidal City's national animal is the Barnacle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways.

Tidal City is ranked 87,383^rd in the world and 3^rd in Maxonberg for Largest Black Market, with 3.41 trillion Standard Monetary Units.