The Republic of Tricopilla is a titanic, genial nation, ruled by David with an even hand, and renowned for its pith helmet sales, keen interest in outer space, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, devout population of 11.682 billion Tricopillians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Funland. The average income tax rate is 74.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Tricopillan economy, worth a remarkable 1,010 trillion Tricoins a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 86,479 Tricoins, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Dictators have dubbed Tricopilla the land of lunatics, the government subsidizes those who produce the worst results, birth rates have hit an all-time low, and citizens are allowed to rise or fall based on their own merits. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tricopilla's national animal is the Frog, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Tricopilla is ranked 321,134^th in the world and 2,564^th in the West Pacific for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring -10.84 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.