The Flowery Fiefdom of Tulipania is a massive, genial nation, remarkable for its national health service, compulsory military service, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 2.293 billion Tulipanians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, moralistic, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 50.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Tulipanian economy, worth 164 trillion Rosebucks a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 71,858 Rosebucks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Popular cartoon characters frequently appear in government-sponsored PSAs reminding students to say no to drugs, urban entrepreneurs are busy introducing cockroaches into restaurant kitchens, military spending is on the increase, and some say that Leader can't handle the truth but can handle truth-seekers. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tulipania's national animal is the Flower Dog, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Tulipania is ranked 98,977^th in the world and 10^th in Flowerland for Highest Average Incomes, with 71,858.67 Standard Monetary Units.