The Most Serene Republic of Trippovia is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Trixador Metha with a fair hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 14.443 billion Trippovians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Trelagne. The average income tax rate is 87.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Trippovian economy, worth a remarkable 1,402 trillion crullers a year, is quite specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Tourism and Information Technology. Average income is 97,125 crullers, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

There are six more weeks of winter if a northerner sees his shadow, new government leaflets tell coeliac children to eat more crisps, every diamond ring sold is accompanied by a twenty-five page analysis and a waiver, and Trippovia's soft-touch approach to diplomacy has made it known as the 'push-over' of the region. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Trippovia's national animal is the ocelot, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Trippovia is ranked 286,518^th in the world and 11,069^th in Balder for Most Corrupt Governments, with 0.5 kickbacks per hour.