The Kingdom of Tussel is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by King Tussetuss with an even hand, and renowned for its public floggings, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The compassionate population of 15.379 billion Tussians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tussel Capital City. The average income tax rate is 11.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Tussie economy, worth a remarkable 3,055 trillion Gnurfs a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 198,679 Gnurfs, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Students consistently complain that the wi-fi ate their homework, meat-eating is frowned upon, the government sends submarines to retrieve bodies from shipwrecked submarines, and vacationers and business travelers are often warned that they may lose the right to vote if they spend too much time overseas. Crime is totally unknown. Tussel's national animal is the Flying moose, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is illegal.

Tussel is ranked 33,944^th in the world and 481^st in the West Pacific for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 3,946.54 on the Gilded Widget Scale.