The Matriarchy of Twdne 38 is a massive, safe nation, notable for its unlimited-speed roads, avant-garde cinema, and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed population of 1.719 billion Twdne 38ians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The enormous, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 75.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Twdne 38ian economy, worth 76.0 trillion yen a year, is led by the Cheese Exports industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 44,236 yen, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Leader's former secretary was last sighted on her new yacht, builders spend more time negotiating "tasteful architecture" than on actual construction, murder is sanctioned if the legal paperwork is filled out correctly, and a suspicious number of John Smiths are known to donate to Twdne 38ian politicians. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Twdne 38's national animal is the fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Twdne 38 is ranked 223,680^th in the world and 3,472^nd in eta for Highest Average Incomes, with 44,236.3 Standard Monetary Units.