The Soviet Republics of Tropical Coast is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Yusuf Shaabi with an iron fist, and remarkable for its closed borders, prohibition of alcohol, and public floggings. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 1.269 billion Arabs are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Dubai. The average income tax rate is 89.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Tropical Coastian economy, worth 97.4 trillion Dinars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales and Tourism. Average income is 76,744 Dinars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

People's charity begins and ends at home, Court TV ratings have skyrocketed now that executions are filmed on location, foreigners are treated with great suspicion, and photographs that show ladies' ankles are considered risqué. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tropical Coast's national animal is the Arabian Mau, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Tropical Coast is ranked 11,063^rd in the world and 319^th in The North Pacific for Most Patriotic, with 65.89 flags saluted per person per day.