The Republic of The Timber Rattlesnake is a huge, socially progressive nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, public floggings, and pith helmet sales. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 337 million Timbereans are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The tiny government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Caligula. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 7.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Timber Rattlesnakean economy, worth 38.9 trillion rubles a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Gambling, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 115,288 rubles, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 342,791 per year while the poor average 30,399, a ratio of 11.3 to 1.

The Treasury Minister's valet handles the crass business of public money, people think garlic bread counts as one of their "five a day", anything is permissible when wearing latex gloves, and unsolved crimes are often pinned on veterans with PTSD. Crime is a problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. The Timber Rattlesnake's national animal is the Timber Rattlesnake, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

The Timber Rattlesnake is ranked 157,507^th in the world and 87^th in Kantrias for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry, scoring 1,554.85 on the Spitz-Pollish Productivity Index.