The Watchfires of TP-1 is a gargantuan, orderly nation, renowned for its smutty television, ritual sacrifices, and suspicion of poets. The cynical, devout population of 28.559 billion TP-1ians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Industry, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 69.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming TP-1ian economy, worth a remarkable 2,314 trillion $$s a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 81,032 $$s, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Historic buildings are being demolished to allow for road-widening in the city centre, engineers ask liberal arts majors "Do you want fries with that?", Leader claims tax rises are the result of 'curses', and the airship business has been driven out of the country by strict regulations and high fines. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. TP-1's national animal is the Dolly Varden, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

TP-1 is ranked 239,453^rd in the world and 10^th in BLITZKRIEG for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring -3.1 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.