The Liberal Socialist Republic of Tigerstan is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Comrade with a fair hand, and remarkable for its daily referendums, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 8.442 billion Tigerstanis are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tiger City. The average income tax rate is 94.1%.

The all-consuming Tigerstanian economy, worth a remarkable 1,065 trillion Currencies a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 126,263 Currencies, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Referenda are held for every conceivable government action, conductors wield diamond-encrusted batons to fit in with their freshly gilded surroundings, libraries are now installed with jacuzzis and mini-bars, and it is illegal for police officers to carry out searches due to strict privacy laws. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tigerstan's national animal is the Tiger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Tigerstan is ranked 325,069^th in the world and 968^th in The Communist Bloc for Largest Timber Woodchipping Industry, scoring -15.3 on the Tasmanian Pulp Environmental Export Index.