The United Commonwealths of Tinox is a mammoth, socially progressive nation, ruled by Changs Nuen with a fair hand, and notable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, complete lack of prisons, and compulsory gun ownership. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 9.029 billion Tinois are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The medium-sized, corrupt, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ziyoshi. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 68.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Tinois economy, worth a remarkable 1,263 trillion Heins a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Gambling, and Trout Farming. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 139,916 Heins, with the richest citizens earning 6.4 times as much as the poorest.

What goes down must come up, idyllic countryside scenes see border collies herding sixty-ton dinosaurs, government officials are held to the highest standard of morality, and public shaming is the bedrock of Tinois society. Crime, especially youth-related, is a major problem, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Tinox's national animal is the Squirrel Monkey, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Areshanism.

Tinox is ranked 271,525^th in the world and 1^st in Corvidity for Lowest Overall Tax Burden, scoring -55.47 on the Hayek Index.