The Oppressed Peoples of Titsu-daa is a large, cultured nation, remarkable for its infamous sell-swords, keen interest in outer space, and complete lack of prisons. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 140 million Titsu-daans are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, moralistic, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 80.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Titsu-daan economy, worth 5.30 trillion Kevighas 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, highly specialized black market in Trout Farming, Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Soda 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 37,838 Kevighas, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

Leader is too busy listening to praise to get any work done, an underground movement of cigarette smokers has sprung up in response to a government ban, jumping in puddles after rainstorms has become an indoor activity, and the tawdry celebrity gossip section has moved to the front page of most newspapers. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Titsu-daa's national animal is the Racist, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Titsu-daa is ranked 199,484^th in the world and 1,748^th in the West Pacific for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring zero on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.