The Swiftly Tilting Land of Tsunamy is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by L Woods with a fair hand, and notable for its lack of airports, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and rampant corporate plagiarism. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 35.512 billion Tsunami hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The large, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Environment, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vertigo City. The average income tax rate is 90.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Tsunami economy, worth a remarkable 3,583 trillion verts a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity. The industrial sector is mostly comprised of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, although the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 100,920 verts, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Vital intelligence-gathering activities are put on hold as agents return home for seduction training and advanced poker instruction, children are sent to either religious or secular schools, Little League matches are often attended by riot police with water cannon... just in case, and it is illegal to distribute Girl Guide Cookies without an advanced food hygiene diploma. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tsunamy's national animal is the glittered hamster, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Tsunamy is ranked 169,655^th in the world and 3,314^th in the South Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 57.38 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.