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The Constitutional Monarchy of Tien-Chi is a mammoth, cultured nation, ruled by Emperor with an even hand, and renowned for its sprawling nuclear power plants, frequent executions, and enslaved workforce. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless, devout population of 9.892 billion Tienese are free to succeed or fail in life on their own merits; the successful tend to enjoy an opulent (but moralistic) lifestyle, while the failures can be seen crowding out most jails.

The large, corrupt government prioritizes Defense, with Law & Order, Administration, and Industry also on the agenda. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 93.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Tienese economy, worth a remarkable 2,078 trillion woolongs a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Information Technology, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an amazing 210,095 woolongs, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,133,498 per year while the poor average 20,208, a ratio of 56.1 to 1.

Keeping the lights on keeps the lights on for increasing amounts of Tienese, people who eat pizza with lactase supplements are arrested by the flavour police, college-level writing classes are taught by undergraduate editors of the school newspaper, and many Tienese are their brothers' keepers. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tien-Chi's national animal is the crane, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Zensunni.

Tien-Chi is ranked 32,441^st in the world and 13^th in The Empire of Walbard for Most Developed, scoring 82 on the Human Development Index.