The Paper Airplane Dreams of Tiralta is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by Cat with an even hand, and notable for its rum-swilling pirates, free-roaming dinosaurs, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cheerful population of 5.232 billion Tiraltans enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Balideena. The average income tax rate is 99.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Tiraltan economy, worth 897 trillion stars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing and Information Technology. Average income is an impressive 171,614 stars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Abattoirs are struggling with the directive to 'wait until the animal dies of a ripe old age', trains and passengers alike are often late, rumor has it that Cat has won three lotteries in a row, and would-be emigrants are told "abandon all hope all ye who would exit here". Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tiralta's national animal is the Greater Phoenix Cat, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Big Tesco.

Tiralta is ranked 292,770^th in the world and 393^rd in Refugia for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 1,372.92 Standard Monetary Units.