The Rhabdomancy Stick of Tyrone Slothrop is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, renowned for its frequent executions and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed population of 12.775 billion Tyrone Slothropians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 19.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but sluggish Tyrone Slothropian economy, worth 193 trillion dollars a year, is quite specialized and led by the Gambling industry, with significant contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 15,112 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government is suspected of mass disappearing dissidents both at home and abroad, invasive species are hunted by the gendarmerie, crowds of flag-burning protesters tend to accidentally become crowds of burning protesters, and the government has adopted a more thrifty attitude to administrating the country's needs. Crime is well under control. Tyrone Slothrop's national animal is the dog, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Tyrone Slothrop is ranked 125,544^th in the world and 1,464^th in Artificial Solar System for Most Corrupt Governments, with 6.58 kickbacks per hour.