The Trade Federation of The Tribia is a titanic, orderly nation, ruled by William Valdez with an iron fist, and renowned for its closed borders, ubiquitous missile silos, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 11.934 billion Tribians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government is dominated by the Department of Defense, although Law & Order and Healthcare are also considered important, while International Aid and Social Policy aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Brison. The average income tax rate is 88.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Tribian economy, worth a remarkable 2,312 trillion Tribian Dollars a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 193,796 Tribian Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

Children as young as twelve are conscripted into the armed forces, military spending is on the increase, in a fit of passion William Valdez has shredded thirty years' worth of petitions, and citizens live in superstitious fear of the mysterious glowing clouds that float over The Tribia. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Tribia's national animal is the Small-Mouth Bass, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Valdezism.

The Tribia is ranked 328,896^th in the world and 56^th in Lands End for Nicest Citizens, with 0.19 average smiles per day.