The Confederated Districts of Treir is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Crumb with a fair hand, and remarkable for its feral children, vat-grown people, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, cheerful population of 14.744 billion Treites are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The minute, corrupt, pro-business, outspoken government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Administration, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Syvani. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Treian economy, worth a remarkable 5,474 trillion Lumyns a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is fairly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an amazing 371,298 Lumyns, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 2,046,115 per year while the poor average 34,112, a ratio of 60.0 to 1.

The state auctions off combat drones to fund war reparations, the nation's most "productive" diamond mine hasn't been operational for seven months, citizens live in superstitious fear of the mysterious glowing clouds that float over Treir, and the fate of the world literally rests on Crumb's fingers. Crime, especially youth-related, is so common that it is unusual to encounter someone following the law, probably because of the absence of a police force. Treir's national animal is the Red Panda, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Treir is ranked 294,187^th in the world and 1,265^th in Europeia for Lowest Crime Rates, with 1.34 law-abiding acts per hour.