The Third Empire of Tritra is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Emperor Napolean Babineaux-Ion II with an even hand, and remarkable for its vat-grown people, pith helmet sales, and flagrant waste-dumping. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless, devout population of 16.741 billion Tritrans are free to succeed or fail in life on their own merits; the successful tend to enjoy an opulent (but moralistic) lifestyle, while the failures can be seen crowding out most jails.

The relatively small, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Aluris. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 19.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Tritran economy, worth a remarkable 4,613 trillion Rodins a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Uranium Mining, and Information Technology. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an amazing 275,604 Rodins, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 912,770 per year while the poor average 62,159, a ratio of 14.7 to 1.

Inheritance tax has recently been abolished, Emperor Napolean Babineaux-Ion II's reputation is hard as nails, a flying elephant and Emperor Napolean Babineaux-Ion II share the same nickname, and the government loves seeing the little people fight. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tritra's national animal is the Imperial Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Cyanism.

Tritra is ranked 9,364^th in the world and 4^th in Barbaria for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 421.24 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.