The Matriarchy of Twdne 97 is a massive, safe nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, daily referendums, and frequent executions. The hard-working population of 1.678 billion Twdne 97ians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Healthcare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 25.6%.

The very strong Twdne 97ian economy, worth 91.9 trillion yen a year, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 54,742 yen, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 155,511 per year while the poor average 15,387, a ratio of 10.1 to 1.

Women who can do math in their head are burned for witchcraft, cold medicines curiously become cheaper when government officials sneeze, candlelit dinners are less romantic with a flickering LED, and Twdne 97ian husbands are dead good at fathering kids. Crime is almost non-existent, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Twdne 97's national animal is the fox, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Twdne 97 is ranked 247,566^th in the world and 4,126^th in eta for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 28.29 on the Bus Surprisal Index.