The Peoples Kingdom Commonwealth of Tea Island Systems is a titanic, genial nation, ruled by King Colcag the First with an even hand, and notable for its punitive income tax rates, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, devout population of 16.255 billion TISers are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tea Town. The average income tax rate is 91.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Tea Island Systemsian economy, worth a remarkable 2,743 trillion Coral Coin and Beach Rubleses 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 Book Publishing, Arms Manufacturing, and Information Technology. Average income is an impressive 168,802 Coral Coin and Beach Rubleses, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Jailbreaking is the best-selling book category of the year, the Great Tea Island Systemsian Melting Pot boils out ethnic heritage, schoolchildren on field trips are asked what torture means to them, and the nation's train stations are widely considered to be the ugliest in Aurora. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tea Island Systems's national animal is the TIS Antler Dangle Bandit Ferret, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Wave run corals.

Tea Island Systems is ranked 5,779^th in the world and 3^rd in Aurora for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 7,725.56 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.