The Equatorial Republic of Tishanda is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Yolanda Kealoha with an even hand, and notable for its rum-swilling pirates, complete lack of prisons, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, humorless, devout population of 12.931 billion Tishandans enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The large, socially-minded 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 75.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Tishandan economy, worth 953 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 73,750 Tishans, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The song 'They Got an Awful Lot of Coffee in Tishanda' is a smash hit, it is universally agreed that the first 31 issues are the only ones with humor and charm (Tishanda has found 5 easter eggs), the nation's green cities are indeed concrete jungles, and justice is blinding. 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 172,935^th in the world and 115^th in Texas for Least Corrupt Governments, with 91.69 Percentage Of Bribes Refused.