The Ever Waiting Presence of TimD is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 8.841 billion TimDians 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 enormous, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Social Policy, Environment, and International Aid. The average income tax rate is 69.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant TimDian economy, worth 32.7 trillion silver pieces a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, broadly diversified black market in 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 3,703 silver pieces, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, the nation is ravaged by daily union strikes, TV shows must meet strict ethnicity quotas, and "The Daily Sacrifice" is a routine segment of morning news shows. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. TimD's national animal is the dracon, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

TimD is ranked 321,514^th in the world and 17,259^th in Lazarus for Most Extensive Public Healthcare, scoring 250.7 on the Theresa-Nightingale Rating.