The Quiet Tranquility of Thousand Branches is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Madam Victoria Raymond with an even hand, and notable for its rum-swilling pirates, museums and concert halls, and enforced nudity. The compassionate, devout population of 2.099 billion Branchians 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 enormous government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Welfare, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ashas. The average income tax rate is 77.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Thousand Branchesian economy, worth 142 trillion Petis a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, broadly diversified black market in Tourism. 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 68,117 Petis, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

'A is for Annulment' is a popular children's song, citizens are allowed to rise or fall based on their own merits, the Violetist community celebrates bombshells being dropped on Thousand Branches, and a child's only Trickster Night scare is the sight of their parents dancing. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Thousand Branches's national animal is the Bumblebee, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Unishiss.

Thousand Branches is ranked 165,551^st in the world and 347^th in The Order of the Grey Wardens for Highest Wealthy Incomes, with 87,580 Standard Monetary Units.