The Republic of Tinja is a titanic, socially progressive nation, ruled by President Yoshi with an even hand, and remarkable for its daily referendums, national health service, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless population of 15.5 billion Tinjans enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The medium-sized, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Herakleopolis. The average income tax rate is 63.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Tinjan economy, worth a remarkable 2,790 trillion dollars a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Retail, Tourism, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 180,036 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Citizens have to identify all the polar bears in a blizzard photo in order to access their bank account, if foreigners can hit a spittoon from five paces they get a free holiday to Tinja, President Yoshi is strangely popular with male politicians' wives, and people boast about their low income on their dating profiles. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tinja's national animal is the hawk, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Tinja is ranked 103,242^nd in the world and 5,358^th in Lazarus for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 1,368.54 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.