The Colony of TICON33 is a titanic, genial nation, renowned for its compulsory military service and irreverence towards religion. The democratic population of 15.141 billion TICON33ians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 17.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient TICON33ian economy, worth 569 trillion Citas a year, is led by the Basket Weaving industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Trout Farming, and Gambling. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 37,593 Citas, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. TICON33's national animal is the Vippertooth Dragon.

TICON33 is ranked 58,152^nd in the world and 1^st in The Iron Confederacy for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 4,819.59 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.