The Giant in the Trees of Illahee is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by Harry Henderson with a fair hand, and remarkable for its soft-spoken computers, smutty television, and national health service. The compassionate, democratic population of 13.587 billion Squatches hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, corrupt, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Wahkiakum. The average income tax rate is 84.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Squatchy economy, worth a remarkable 3,036 trillion gold clams a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched black market in Information Technology, Tourism, Book Publishing, and Retail. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 223,521 gold clams, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The general public only knows their favorite politician's first name, atheism is seen as a prerequisite for political power, raver DJ XStacy holds multiple medical degrees in chillaxing, and diplomatic missions typically end with a flurry of childish insults, accusations and phlegm. Crime is totally unknown. Illahee's national animal is the Bigfoot, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is The Squatch Rite.

Illahee is ranked 171,296^th in the world and 7^th in The Sasquatch Republic for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 33,751.78 Standard Monetary Units.