The Holy Sultanate of Tisakstan is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Alaquas with an iron fist, and renowned for its infamous sell-swords, frequent executions, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 1.332 billion Tisakstanians 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 Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Al Alaquas. The average income tax rate is 79.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Tisakstanian economy, worth 172 trillion Mards 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 black market in Arms Manufacturing, Woodchip Exports, Uranium Mining, and Beef-Based Agriculture. 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 an impressive 129,409 Mards, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Seven-year-olds debate for weeks on the merits of the Oxford comma, policemen regularly conduct midnight raids on closed donut shops to 'collect evidence', anti-vaxxers claim that injected children are prone to psychotic breaks when they see the 'Queen of Diamonds' playing card, and it is mandatory for actors to exit stage left. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tisakstan's national animal is the Pigeon, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Al Alaq.

Tisakstan is ranked 72,977^th in the world and 4^th in The waters for Most Extensive Public Healthcare, scoring 2,490.19 on the Theresa-Nightingale Rating.