The ★ Haunted Union ★ of Tri Ann is a mammoth, safe nation, ruled by Christi Yugondi with an even hand, and remarkable for its compulsory military service, frequent executions, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 5.846 billion Tri Anni are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Centrale Pointe. The average income tax rate is 70.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Tri Annian economy, worth 541 trillion Tranns a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 92,580 Tranns, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

Teenagers are told they're not thinking about sex enough, the nation's beloved 'good-natured doormat' is inundated by begging letters, handsome young men are forced into uniforms by their dominant elders, and planes can be grounded for months simply because an inspector "didn't like the color". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tri Ann's national animal is the Crane, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Christianity and Nethelism.

Tri Ann is ranked 39,095^th in the world and 299^th in Europeia for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 70.67 Effective Tax Rate.