The Transcathayan Empire of Trive 38 is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Emperor Nieda Yakovlev with a fair hand, and remarkable for its smutty television, otherworldly petting zoo, and complete lack of prisons. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, cheerful population of 21.261 billion Trivians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Kiev. The average income tax rate is 36.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Trivian economy, worth a remarkable 9,153 trillion rubles a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Book Publishing, and Tourism. Average income is an amazing 430,513 rubles, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

The mining industry is making inroads into environmentally sensitive areas, the nation's museums are real penny-pinchers, daredevil kayakers frequently race against runaway hippos, and troublemakers boast about how many times they have to visit their therapist. Crime is totally unknown. Trive 38's national animal is the crow, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Eastern Orthodoxy.

Trive 38 is ranked 121,945^th in the world and 26^th in International Democratic Union for Largest Black Market, with 1.64 trillion Standard Monetary Units.