The Mystery of Tumbleweeds is a colossal, efficient nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape and irreverence towards religion. The hard-working population of 4.121 billion Tumbleweedsians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The relatively small, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Healthcare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 9.6%.

The very strong Tumbleweedsian economy, worth 219 trillion guilders a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Soda Sales, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 53,279 guilders, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 166,560 per year while the poor average 13,076, a ratio of 12.7 to 1.

It is illegal to make racist remarks in public, the mining industry is making inroads into environmentally sensitive areas, scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes, and Giraffe is one of the most popular forenames in Tumbleweeds. Crime is a problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Tumbleweeds's national animal is the giraffe, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Tumbleweeds is ranked 237,183^rd in the world and 2^nd in The Big Ten for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 115.29 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.