The Join Lily of TLS 8 is a colossal, safe nation, remarkable for its avant-garde cinema and frequent executions. The hard-nosed population of 9.077 billion Join Lily have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 23.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Join Lily economy, worth 394 trillion Join Lilies a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Gambling, and Retail. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 43,426 Join Lilies, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Funding for education has been redirected into the military, athletic teenagers are among the wealthiest members of society, the main interest rates change daily based on the latest news story, and 'The Anti-Government Hour' is a popular programme on many of TLS 8's radio stations. Crime is almost non-existent, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. TLS 8's national animal is the Join Lily, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

TLS 8 is ranked 210,028^th in the world and 5^th in The Land of Communism for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring -1.4 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.