The Republic of Splintertree is a colossal, orderly nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The cynical population of 8.382 billion Splintertreeans are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government prioritizes Law & Order, with Defense, Welfare, and Healthcare also on the agenda. The average income tax rate is 51.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Splintertreean economy, worth 60.1 trillion rupees a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Cheese Exports, Tourism, Book Publishing, and Woodchip Exports. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 7,173 rupees, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Foreign musicians that Leader dislikes are turned away at the border, all government communication requires the imprimatur of the Truth Police, citizens may cast their vote over the internet or phone, and a major religion has been named as Splintertree's national religion. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Splintertree's national animal is the falcon.

Splintertree is ranked 128,649^th in the world and 7^th in Meihua for Most Beautiful Environments, with 530.15 pounds of wildlife per square mile.