The Democratic Republic of Troposia is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Timo De Ganck with an iron fist, and renowned for its avowedly heterosexual populace, keen interest in outer space, and anti-smoking policies. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 3.29 billion Troposians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sint Timoteüs. The average income tax rate is 92.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Troposian economy, worth 517 trillion euros a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 157,186 euros, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The industries of Troposia are coughing all the way to the bank, "Mad Max: Returning Again to Barrydrome" is this year's unexpected summer blockbuster, spies caught red-handed are served cocktails on their first-class flights home, and online terrorists are automatically assigned adverts for cheap balaclavas. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Troposia's national animal is the fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Christian.

Troposia is ranked 264,850^th in the world and 132^nd in Lands End for Most Primitive, scoring -210.18 on the Scary Big Number Scale.