The Swiftly Tilting Land of Tsunamy is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by L Woods with a fair hand, and notable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, daily referendums, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 33.507 billion Tsunami hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, liberal, outspoken government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Environment, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vertigo City. The average income tax rate is 96.2%.

The powerhouse Tsunami economy, worth a remarkable 3,297 trillion verts a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity. The industrial sector is solely comprised of the Book Publishing industry. Average income is 98,403 verts, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Vital intelligence-gathering activities are put on hold as agents return home for seduction training and advanced poker instruction, children are sent to either religious or secular schools, Little League matches are often attended by riot police with water cannon... just in case, and it is illegal to distribute Girl Guide Cookies without an advanced food hygiene diploma. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tsunamy's national animal is the glittered hamster, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Tsunamy is ranked 36,036^th in the world and 805^th in the South Pacific for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 4,446.55 on the Gilded Widget Scale.