The Grand Kingdom of Tyrnica is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by Frederick IV with a fair hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, compulsory military service, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 26.493 billion Tyrnicans hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vedayen-Köningspalz. The average income tax rate is 96.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Tyrnican economy, worth a remarkable 3,625 trillion Commonwealth marks a year, is highly specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing and Information Technology. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 136,832 Commonwealth marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Many marriages go virtually unconsummated, social media sites prompt users to send birthday greetings to unresponsive nonagenarians, the richest individuals apparently buy nothing but noodles and toilet paper, and nobody looks each other in the eye at neighborhood block parties any more. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tyrnica's national animal is the Tyrnican wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Tyrnica is ranked 5,672^nd in the world and 1^st in Levilion for Most Developed, scoring 93.91 on the Human Development Index.