The Puppet Collector of Tye is a titanic, genial nation, ruled by Yodle with an even hand, and renowned for its ritual sacrifices, strictly enforced bedtime, and compulsory military service. The compassionate, devout population of 13.627 billion Yodleans 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 large, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of North Pole. The average income tax rate is 78.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Yodlean economy, worth a remarkable 1,660 trillion Gold Coins a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 121,831 Gold Coins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Government leaders testify at international tribunals on why the sun went out, baby dolls thrown in the trash are a leading cause of panic attacks, Yodle can be seen doing doughnuts in a new Rambogini, and the free market's hand is quite visible. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tye's national animal is the Cow, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities, and its national religion is Yodlism.

Tye is ranked 38,845^th in the world and 4^th in Tie Dye for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 215.78 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.