The Empire of Tingleton is a tiny, orderly nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 9 million Tingletonians 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 large, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 63.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Tingletonian economy, worth 376 billion Lerbs a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Arms Manufacturing, and Pizza Delivery. Average income is 41,832 Lerbs, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Only 'organics' are permitted to be citizens, buses are widely regarded as the safest way to travel, it is illegal to brush crumbs off your clothing outdoors, and several citizens have complained about scientists abducting their pets for experimentation. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tingleton's national animal is the Eagle, which can occasionally be seen dodging aircraft in the nation's cities.

Tingleton is ranked 298,326^th in the world and 232^nd in The Communist Bloc for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 15,477.88 Standard Monetary Units.