The Metal of Tin is a gargantuan, efficient nation, remarkable for its closed borders, parental licensing program, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 12.407 billion Tinians 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, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 76.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Tinian economy, worth a remarkable 1,474 trillion Golds 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 large, well-organized, quite specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Information Technology. 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 an impressive 118,820 Golds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Protests are illegal, strict term limits have been applied to all elected offices, prospective secessionists nervously declare how worthless and unimportant they are, and oil rigs in winter are heated by contained oil slick fires. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tin's national animal is the Elephant, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Tin is ranked 7,037^th in the world and 460^th in Osiris for Most Armed, with 11.68 weapons per person.