The Northern Republic of Tyopio is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by Chancellor Kaliede Ralienvie with a fair hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, keen interest in outer space, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 4.973 billion Tyopians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Culotundar. The average income tax rate is 98.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Tyopian economy, worth 902 trillion Tyopian Marks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 181,421 Tyopian Marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Stern tutting by international commentators has persuaded Tyopio to disarm, cyber-crime and tin-foil hat sales are both increasing at record rates, pro-life activists often lecture pregnant women undergoing routine prenatal screening, and tourists need only sign on the dotted line to become citizens. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tyopio's national animal is the Wolf, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Roman Catholic.

Tyopio is ranked 303,835^th in the world and 4,189^th in the South Pacific for Lowest Overall Tax Burden, scoring -593.96 on the Hayek Index.