The Commonwealth of Timothea is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its museums and concert halls, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 414 million Timotheans 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, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Flaviora. The average income tax rate is 79.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Timothean economy, worth 33.2 trillion Timoes a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology and Pizza Delivery. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 80,280 Timoes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Strip mining of rare earth metals is up while back problems are down, Timothea's soft-touch approach to diplomacy has made it known as the 'push-over' of the region, schools have extensive counseling programs for troubled students, and politicians are often found scavenging bins at night to supplement their income. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Timothea's national animal is the Brown Owl, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Timothea is ranked 192,968^th in the world and 9,333^rd in The North Pacific for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring -10.1 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.