The Republic of Tristizo is a titanic, efficient nation, ruled by Bella Rikkard with an iron fist, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, frequent executions, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 10.481 billion Tristizoans are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Matti. The average income tax rate is 58.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Tristizoan economy, worth 903 trillion lire a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Retail, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 86,186 lire, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Policy reversals are more often graceful demi-détournés than u-turns, the sound of rattles and selfie shots regularly disrupt political debates, theft is considered to be okay if the crime happened a long time ago, and the military recognizes no difference between male and female soldiers. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tristizo's national animal is the sea turtle, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Zubas.

Tristizo is ranked 122,880^th in the world and 14^th in Aurora for Smartest Citizens, with 33.31 quips per hour.