The Federal Republic of Tri Lita is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Derek Floof with an even hand, and remarkable for its compulsory military service, keen interest in outer space, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate population of 1.608 billion Tri Litans enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Cloud Harbor. The average income tax rate is 73.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Tri Litese economy, worth 58.5 trillion blergs a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 36,351 blergs, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Old dogs don't have to learn new tricks but they have to prove they haven't forgotten old ones, political parties are banned from advertising and receiving private donations, nose plugs are the latest Tri Litese fashion accessory, and the phrase 'spreading like wildfire' is no longer in the public lexicon. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tri Lita's national animal is the Wild Floof, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Social judgment but withholding comment.

Tri Lita is ranked 37,493^rd in the world and 1,220^th in The East Pacific for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 4,350.98 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.