The Matriarchy of Twdne 83 is a massive, efficient nation, renowned for its smutty television, public floggings, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 1.669 billion Twdne 83ians are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The medium-sized, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Defense. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 26.9%.

The powerhouse Twdne 83ian economy, worth 106 trillion yen a year, is led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Information Technology, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 64,073 yen, with the richest citizens earning 9.5 times as much as the poorest.

Merry Birthday is a popular protest song despite the risk of fines and royalty dues, the nation's prisons are touted as the best weight loss programs money can't buy, obstetricians are not allowed to publish ultrasound pictures of fetuses in medical journals, and members of the government all have oddly similar anecdotes about their childhoods. Crime is moderate. Twdne 83's national animal is the fox, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Twdne 83 is ranked 265,613^th in the world and 4,459^th in eta for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring 38.75 on the Kitten Softness Rating.