The Republic of Tribune 3 is a titanic, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Duke Silver with an even hand, and notable for its rum-swilling pirates, frequent executions, and ritual sacrifices. The hard-nosed population of 11.318 billion Tribunians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Social Policy. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Pawnee. The average income tax rate is 13.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Tribunian economy, worth 520 trillion gold bars 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 slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Tourism, and Cheese Exports. 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 46,032 gold bars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

University admissions staff are blindfolded to prevent accidental bias, hell hath no fury like an ocean scorned, convicted crypto-miners are sent to the salt mines, and the big red machine has ground to a halt. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force. Tribune 3's national animal is the Ron Swanson, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Tribune 3 is ranked 124,879^th in the world and 6^th in The Confederacy of Dunces for Most Advanced Law Enforcement, scoring 1,940.09 on the Orwell Orderliness Index.