The Join Lily of TLS 49 is a titanic, safe nation, remarkable for its frequent executions. The hard-nosed population of 13.804 billion Join Lily are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 23.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Join Lily economy, worth 568 trillion Join Lilies a year, is led by the Basket Weaving industry, with major contributions from Soda Sales, Arms Manufacturing, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 41,158 Join Lilies, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Signs at the border tell international drivers where they can put their cars, election results are often delayed for weeks to count the expat votes, immigrants are required to salute the flag five times a day, and endangered species are effective hostages against the Join Lily military. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. TLS 49's national animal is the Join Lily.

TLS 49 is ranked 262,768^th in the world and 5^th in Townston for Smartest Citizens, with 20.34 quips per hour.