The Most Serene Republic of The TriCity is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by Sir Skavac with an even hand, and renowned for its otherworldly petting zoo, anti-smoking policies, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, cheerful population of 4.136 billion TriCityians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Municipal Capital. The average income tax rate is 83.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient TriCityian economy, worth 605 trillion Metropolitan Marks a year, is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 146,443 Metropolitan Marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Citizens are allowed to rise or fall based on their own merits, cultural heritage is measured in Scoville Heat Units, the government has begun selling heroin and ecstasy to help fund its projects, and people seem disproportionately distraught when told a museum has a phones-off policy. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The TriCity's national animal is the Sea Lion, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Sealionism.

The TriCity is ranked 6,279^th in the world and 150^th in Europe for Most Developed, scoring 93.33 on the Human Development Index.