The Republic of Tonlan is a huge, efficient nation, remarkable for its national health service, disturbing lack of elderly people, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-working, devout population of 593 million Tonlandians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 18.0%.

The very strong Tonlanian economy, worth 44.8 trillion Tokens a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Cheese Exports, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 75,631 Tokens, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 226,387 per year while the poor average 19,754, a ratio of 11.5 to 1.

Forty-year-old men are asked for their ID before watching the latest pony cartoon movies, the government has instituted 'traveller reservations' across the country, nudity is frowned upon, and burial ceremonies have become as routinised as tax forms. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tonlan's national animal is the crocodile, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Tonlan is ranked 130,781^st in the world and 185^th in The Region That Has No Big Banks for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 803.08 on the Gilded Widget Scale.