The Free Land of Tyrosance is a massive, safe nation, renowned for its pith helmet sales, smutty television, and ubiquitous missile silos. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.65 billion Tyrosancs hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 80.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Tyrosancean economy, worth 271 trillion francs a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Retail. Average income is an impressive 164,837 francs, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Billions are being spent on a new island airport, earthquake sirens are a leading cause of hearing loss, euthanasia is legal, and traffic cops spend most of their work-hours calculating citizens' monthly income. Crime is totally unknown. Tyrosance's national animal is the horse, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Tyrosance is ranked 15,249^th in the world and 243^rd in Europe for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 8,612.33 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.