The Dominion of Tragesch Firwat is a large, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its fear of technology, restrictive gun laws, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 81 million Tragicmannen are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 61.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Tragic economy, worth 1.98 trillion Rechters 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 large, well-organized, highly specialized black market in Trout Farming. 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 24,399 Rechters, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Ship captains always order a return to port at the slightest sign of rain, the state believes that nature-oriented summer camps will somehow solve youth crime, a government program is underway to revitalize Tragesch Firwat's beaches, and it is a common belief that a sport isn't sport if there are no decapitations. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tragesch Firwat's national animal is the Hyena, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Tragesch Firwat is ranked 228,373^rd in the world and 5,182^nd in The North Pacific for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 48.52 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.