The Disputed Territories of Triarch Hives is a tiny, orderly nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, state-planned economy, and punitive income tax rates. The cynical, devout population of 10 million Trichans 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 enormous, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 72.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The basket case Triarch Hivesian economy, worth 116 billion Mushes a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Pizza Delivery, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 11,641 Mushes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

It is illegal to make racist remarks in public, all major public areas are watched by police surveillance cameras, literature classes frequently go on field trips to rock concerts, and criminals always seem to be forewarned of police raids. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Triarch Hives's national animal is the Aphid, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Triarch Hives is ranked 76,117^th in the world and 4,046^th in Osiris for Lowest Crime Rates, with 71.79 law-abiding acts per hour.