The Equatorial Republic of Tishanda is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Jorge Bautista with an even hand, and remarkable for its rampant corporate plagiarism, daily referendums, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, humorless, devout population of 13.704 billion Tishandans enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Environment, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Laharu. The average income tax rate is 75.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Tishandan economy, worth a remarkable 1,031 trillion Tishans a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is mostly comprised of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, although the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 75,245 Tishans, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Many mayors are barely in office before being kicked out for minor parking violations, the combined alert sound of a nation simultaneously receiving a text message is a common cause of hearing damage, polygraphs are relegated to the dungeon exhibit in castle museums, and laws are littered with references to cheese. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tishanda's national animal is the Vekadian Tiger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Tishanda is ranked 38,497^th in the world and 48^th in Texas for Most Advanced Public Transport, scoring 1,500.9 on the Societal Mobility Rating.