The Commonwealth of Tylenor is a huge, socially progressive nation, notable for its national health service, keen interest in outer space, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 521 million Tylenes hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vanille City. The average income tax rate is 39.0%.

The all-consuming Tylene economy, worth 56.3 trillion Renns a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, broadly diversified black market in Tourism, Information Technology, Retail, and Arms Manufacturing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 108,097 Renns, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.6 times as much as the poorest.

The realistic depiction of tentacles is on the core syllabus of most art schools, elementary school students are required to master Bach's Chaconne in D before graduation, the consent form for routine blood pressure measurement has been nominated for the 'Novel Of The Year' award, and libraries are now installed with jacuzzis and mini-bars. Crime is totally unknown. Tylenor's national animal is the Mauve Lynx, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Tylenor is ranked 23,853^rd in the world and 16^th in Hive for Highest Food Quality, scoring 104.57 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.