The Republic of Tide- is a mid-sized, safe nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and spontaneously combusting cars. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 94 million Tide-ians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Defense. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 15.0%.

The very strong Tide-ian economy, worth 6.53 trillion Gold coins a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 69,418 Gold coins, with the richest citizens earning 6.7 times as much as the poorest.

Tech-mad citizens think that the laser-powered bread-slicer uPhone App is the coolest thing since sliced bread, policemen regularly conduct midnight raids on closed donut shops to 'collect evidence', citizens cannot change their light bulbs without approval from an international committee, and small businesses are gobbled up almost daily by corporate giants. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Tide-'s national animal is the Whale, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways.

Tide- is ranked 133,826^th in the world and 4^th in Surge for Largest Arms Manufacturing Sector, scoring 4,215.38 on the Charon Conveyancy Index.