The People's Republic of Tigatestan is a huge, genial nation, notable for its national health service, absence of drug laws, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 693 million Tigatestanians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Welfare, and Education. The average income tax rate is 70.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Tigatestanian economy, worth 48.1 trillion lorens a year, is highly specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Trout Farming, Book Publishing, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 69,338 lorens, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

3D printed organs are a breath of new life for the sick and elderly, news headlines usually include p-values, autocrats are persona non grata, and a suspicious number of John Smiths are known to donate to Tigatestanian politicians. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tigatestan's national animal is the lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Tigatestan is ranked 284,651^st in the world and 6,083^rd in The North Pacific for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring -13.93 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.