The People's Republic of Tylnernburg is a massive, safe nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, keen interest in outer space, and soft-spoken computers. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 1.787 billion Tylnernburgians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 90.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Tylnernburgian economy, worth 295 trillion Yuan a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 165,086 Yuan, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Park rangers perform full-body searches on suspected fungus smugglers, Leader can often be found attempting to coax random citizens' cats down from trees, there's an aura of pseudoscience around academia, and it's believed that women's brains will overheat if they think for themselves. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tylnernburg's national animal is the Dragon, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Tylnernburg is ranked 11,765^th in the world and 525^th in The North Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 375.46 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.