The Empire of Tyramon is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by the Royal Emperor with an iron fist, and renowned for its deadly medical pandemics, pith helmet sales, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 8.528 billion Tyramonians 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 medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government is effectively ruled by the Department of Defense, although Law & Order is also considered important, while Environment and International Aid aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Fort Domination. The average income tax rate is 96.6%.

The thriving Tyramonian economy, worth a remarkable 3,560 trillion Golden Seashells 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, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing and Information Technology. 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 417,524 Golden Seashells, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

The fate of the world literally rests on the Royal Emperor's fingers, military instructors tire of being asked for another bedtime story by seven-year-old conscripts, military minds worry that 'the blue screen of death' on brand new operating systems may be a literal description, and newborns are being raised as mindless killing machines. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force. Tyramon's national animal is the Viper Wolf, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Divinity of the Emperor.

Tyramon is ranked 284,690^th in the world and 115^th in Cape of Good Hope for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring -19.75 on the Clooney Contribution Index.