The Frontier socialist states of Tighterland is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by Vetin carnis with an iron fist, and renowned for its frequent executions, ubiquitous missile silos, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 3.808 billion Tightishes 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 large, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of helid. The average income tax rate is 49.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Tighterlandian economy, worth 174 trillion euros 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, quite specialized black market in Basket Weaving, Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. 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 45,774 euros, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Women who can do math in their head are burned for witchcraft, the nation's security is vitally dependent on imports of Atheism, unwary hikers climbing the bluffs of Mount Helid make great practice for foreign snipers, and motorbike jousters live young and die fast. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tighterland's national animal is the panther, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Atheism.

Tighterland is ranked 160,259^th in the world and 8^th in Russian Armed Forces for Largest Populations, with 3.81 billion capita.