The Trade Federation of The Tribia is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by William Valdez with an iron fist, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, keen interest in outer space, and free-roaming dinosaurs. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 7.396 billion Tribians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, with Law & Order and Healthcare also on the agenda, while International Aid receives no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Brison. The average income tax rate is 89.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Tribian economy, worth a remarkable 1,481 trillion Tribian Dollars a year, is mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 200,309 Tribian Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Children as young as twelve are conscripted into the armed forces, military spending is on the increase, in a fit of passion William Valdez has shredded thirty years' worth of petitions, and citizens live in superstitious fear of the mysterious glowing clouds that float over The Tribia. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Tribia's national animal is the Small-Mouth Bass, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Valdezism.

The Tribia is ranked 36,741^st in the world and 43^rd in Lands End for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 4,990.82 on the Gilded Widget Scale.