The State of Tredegar is a mammoth, genial nation, ruled by Governor Noble Thayer with an even hand, and renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and zero percent divorce rate. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 8.348 billion Tredegarians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hattiesburg. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 17.2%.

The strong Tredegarian economy, worth 556 trillion dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Cheese Exports, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 66,637 dollars, with the richest citizens earning 7.0 times as much as the poorest.

Seven-year-olds debate for weeks on the merits of the Oxford comma, snitches get riches, people believe that if you teach a man to fish he won't buy fish from you any more, and the government believes there is no problem that raising taxes won't fix. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Tredegar's national animal is the tiger, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities, and its national religion is Christianity.

Tredegar is ranked 92,078^th in the world and 17^th in Dixie for Largest Populations, with 8.35 billion capita.