The Republic of Trips is a massive, socially progressive nation, renowned for its compulsory military service. The democratic population of 4.146 billion Tripsians 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 relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Defense, and Education. The average income tax rate is 20.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Tripsian economy, worth 182 trillion deniers a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Basket Weaving industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Trout Farming. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 44,073 deniers, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Trips's national animal is the dolphin.

Trips is ranked 115,669^th in the world and 3,773^rd in Osiris for Most Armed, with 0.37 weapons per person.