The Federal Republic of Trattativa is a mammoth, genial nation, remarkable for its daily referendums, anti-smoking policies, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate population of 7.349 billion Trattativans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Environment, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kōhei-sei. The average income tax rate is 77.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Trattativan economy, worth 351 trillion Ricchezzas a year, is extremely specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 47,875 Ricchezzas, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Disgruntled jocks are forced to play tetris for entertainment, customs officers pretend not to hear shouts of "HELP LET ME OUT!" emerging from diplomatic bags, the nation's forests are full of treasure hunters in military-grade survival gear, and literature classes frequently go on field trips to rock concerts. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Trattativa's national animal is the Lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Trattativa is ranked 106,381^st in the world and 75^th in Refugia for Largest Populations, with 7.35 billion capita.