The Transcathayan Empire of Trive 38 is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Emperor Nieda Yakovlev with a fair hand, and renowned for its sprawling nuclear power plants, irreverence towards religion, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, cheerful population of 19.785 billion Trivians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Kiev. The average income tax rate is 32.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Trivian economy, worth a remarkable 8,416 trillion rubles a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Book Publishing, and Tourism. Average income is an amazing 425,392 rubles, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Politicians have tenure, years of counter-terrorism planning are foiled by small details, children seem to be getting better at lying these days, and bored politicians often entertain themselves with games of Simon during important votes. Crime is totally unknown. Trive 38's national animal is the crow, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Eastern Orthodoxy.

Trive 38 is ranked 10,632^nd in the world and 22^nd in International Democratic Union for Safest, scoring 120.33 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.