The Holy Empire of Tree Folk is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its compulsory military service, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The quiet, industrious population of 504 million Tree Folkians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 52.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Tree Folkian economy, worth 27.2 trillion Pounds a year, is quite specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Information Technology, and Tourism. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 54,010 Pounds, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Listless juries are assembled for the simplest of court cases, nude art is becoming wildly popular, interest in globalism never flags, and excessive wheelchair ramps on government buildings have been compared to theme park attractions. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tree Folk's national animal is the Pet Rock, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Tree Folk is ranked 142,406^th in the world and 3,188^th in The North Pacific for Largest Black Market, with 166 billion Standard Monetary Units.