The Federation of Trasniola is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by James Wagner with an iron fist, and remarkable for its closed borders, pith helmet sales, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 4.019 billion Trasniolans are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, 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 Vologne. The average income tax rate is 75.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Trasniolan economy, worth 574 trillion Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Information Technology, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 142,911 Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Telling someone to 'break a leg' is considered a criminal inducement to self harm, the justice of Trasniola is considered superior to that of other nations, to 'cut off family ties' is no longer just a phrase, and no-one can foil the ambitions of Big Aluminium. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Trasniola's national animal is the Wagneria, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Wagnism.

Trasniola is ranked 238,429^th in the world and 16^th in Aeterna Regnum for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring -4.47 on the Clooney Contribution Index.