The Holy Empire of Tien-Chi is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by Emperor with an iron fist, and notable for its museums and concert halls, vat-grown people, and state-planned economy. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 6.635 billion Tienese are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, with Law & Order, Spirituality, and Administration also on the agenda, while Welfare isn't funded at all. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 90.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Tienese economy, worth a remarkable 1,265 trillion woolongs 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 a large, well-organized, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Woodchip Exports. 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 impressive 190,775 woolongs, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,224,847 per year while the poor average 12,085, a ratio of 101 to 1.

There's a literal nanny state for the legions of children taken by social services, summer science camps are regularly raided by narcotics police, hiding wrinkles with make-up is illegal, and there have been sightings of people walking around dressed in nothing but leopard-skin g-strings for 'religious reasons'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tien-Chi's national animal is the crane, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Zensunni.

Tien-Chi is ranked 334,205^th in the world and 281^st in Commonwealth of Sovereign States for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring -11.73 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.