The Commonwealth of Tsk Rat is a huge, cultured nation, notable for its daily referendums, keen interest in outer space, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, democratic population of 572 million Tsk'Ratonians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Healthcare, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rattopia. The average income tax rate is 75.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Tsk Ratian economy, worth 45.7 trillion Schlinks 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 Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Retail, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 79,839 Schlinks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The Foreign Ministry thinks an eye for an eye is a blindingly good idea, skateparks can be found in every city, heartfelt sentiments are mercilessly marketed by a million-Schlink treacle machine, and the regional delicacy of chocolate bombes is deadlier than an unexploded bomb. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tsk Rat's national animal is the Wombat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Tsk Rat is ranked 62,790^th in the world and 86^th in Democratic Socialist Assembly for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 3,101.15 on the Gilded Widget Scale.