The Matriarchy of Twdne 36 is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its otherworldly petting zoo, enslaved workforce, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, democratic population of 1.545 billion Twdne 36ians enjoy great social freedoms and frequent elections, where the majority of the populace regularly votes to increase its benefits at the expense of various hapless minorities.

The enormous, moralistic, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 60.9%.

The sizeable but sluggish Twdne 36ian economy, worth 37.7 trillion yen a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Tourism, Information Technology, Retail, and Arms Manufacturing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 24,413 yen, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.8 times as much as the poorest.

Wanting a better life for your child is prohibited by a clause in the criminal code, a bill to outlaw math homework has been submitted, black tea is only available on the black market, and international tensions are high as Twdne 36 threatens any government with the audacity to arrest its citizens. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Twdne 36's national animal is the fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Twdne 36 is ranked 300,112^th in the world and 4,645^th in eta for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -8.89 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.