The Empire of TruffleChicken is a huge, cultured nation, remarkable for its museums and concert halls, free-roaming dinosaurs, and otherworldly petting zoo. The hard-working, devout population of 889 million Trisolarians 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 Administration, Industry, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of TruffleChicken City. The average income tax rate is 46.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient TruffleChickenian economy, worth 77.2 trillion Shiny Rocks a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Basket Weaving. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 86,866 Shiny Rocks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

It is illegal to distribute Girl Guide Cookies without an advanced food hygiene diploma, dreams of entering the Super League have been relegated to the history books, UFO sightings are listed daily in the morning news, and teams of painters are converting road signs from horse lengths to kilometers. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. TruffleChicken's national animal is the TruffleChicken, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

TruffleChicken is ranked 219,143^rd in the world and 159^th in Fifth Empire for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -5 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.