The Grand Duchy of Tigel is a massive, efficient nation, renowned for its sprawling nuclear power plants, infamous sell-swords, and free-roaming dinosaurs. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 1.24 billion Tigs are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Defense. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 37.8%.

The all-consuming Tigelian economy, worth 92.8 trillion Crowns a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with significant contributions from Trout Farming and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 74,815 Crowns, with the richest citizens earning 7.3 times as much as the poorest.

Tourists are forbidden to enter Native Tigelian lands, rebuilding efforts for a recently destroyed cathedral aren't expected to be completed for another century, uprooting flowers for religious ceremonies is a felony, and heavy industry must go to expensive lengths to dispose of waste. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force. Tigel's national animal is the Nachzehrer, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Tigel is ranked 320,805^th in the world and 2^nd in Lands of Fel for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring -317.08 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.