The Kingdom of Tikoshi is a colossal, genial nation, renowned for its zero percent divorce rate, triple-decker prams, and avant-garde cinema. The compassionate, cheerful, devout population of 9.723 billion Tikoshians 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 government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Spirituality. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lumoria. The average income tax rate is 89.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Tikoshian economy, worth 802 trillion Emeralds a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is solely comprised of the Tourism industry. Average income is 82,520 Emeralds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.4 times as much as the poorest.

Quiet professionalism has returned to the nation's armed forces, popular cartoon characters frequently appear in government-sponsored PSAs reminding students to say no to drugs, the best doughnut stores have been taken over by foreign police officers, and press conferences always end with standing ovations and rapturous applause. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tikoshi's national animal is the Gray Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Tikoshi is ranked 11,328^th in the world and 123^rd in Lily for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 9,222.68 on the Gilded Widget Scale.