The United Socialist States of Tupogarani is a small, safe nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 40 million Tupogarinenses 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 Education, Administration, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 13.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Tupogarinense economy, worth 2.03 trillion Real tupogarinenses a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Cheese Exports, Soda Sales, and Information Technology. Average income is 50,740 Real tupogarinenses, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

An increasingly villainous series of sports coaches are demanding the national mascot's true identity, the only thing slower than the economy is the exchange where it's managed, returning tourists and businessmen are detained without trial if they belong to the "wrong" religion, and polite commuters on the Tupogarani City Metro always let hurried workers off the train first. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tupogarani's national animal is the Tamanduá, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Tupogarani is ranked 196,799^th in the world and 86^th in Flanelistan for Most Corrupt Governments, with 1.51 kickbacks per hour.