The Protectorate of Times Square is a titanic, cultured nation, renowned for its museums and concert halls, digital currency, and smutty television. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 16.439 billion Times Squareans hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small, outspoken government prioritizes Education, although Public Transport, Industry, and Healthcare are also considered important, while Spirituality and Environment are ignored. The average income tax rate is 13.4%.

The all-consuming Times Squarean economy, worth a remarkable 1,741 trillion selfies a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Soda Sales, Book Publishing, and Gambling. Average income is an impressive 105,930 selfies, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.8 times as much as the poorest.

Barbed wire entanglements and guard towers surround the Times Square City Natural History Museum, former arms manufacturing CEOs are now delivering food for minimum wage, safe drinking water is considered a luxury, and surfers ride tsunamis of record height and toxicity. Crime is totally unknown. Times Square's national animal is the costumed character, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Times Square is ranked 7,717^th in the world and 9^th in Union of Allied Planets for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 9,184.5 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.