The Humorous Land of Tra Empha is a mammoth, socially progressive nation, ruled by Thomas Rollface with an even hand, and remarkable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, anti-smoking policies, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate population of 9.07 billion Tra Emphans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Trollville. The average income tax rate is 73.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Tra Emphan economy, worth 870 trillion Reddit Karma Points a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 95,903 Reddit Karma Points, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Conspiracy theorists allege that the government is spying on them through their carbon monoxide detectors, kids are taught in schools to argue with their parents, the study of medicine is popular throughout Tra Empha, and every day has been a surprise since weather reporters turned to consulting ancient totems for their seven-day forecasts. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tra Empha's national animal is the Trollge, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Reddit Atheism.

Tra Empha is ranked 55,805^th in the world and 2,684^th in Lazarus for Most Developed, scoring 76.06 on the Human Development Index.