The Loving Couple of -Tr1bute-Art is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Luzura with an iron fist, and remarkable for its closed borders, keen interest in outer space, and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 4.759 billion -Tr1bute-Artians 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 juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Owl House. The average income tax rate is 66.1%.

The frighteningly efficient -Tr1bute-Artian economy, worth 433 trillion snails a year, is quite specialized and led by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Information Technology. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 91,003 snails, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.8 times as much as the poorest.

Young people never forget their first roommate — no matter how much counselling they have, the dessert 'Death by Chocolate' isn't the most lethal dish on the menu, the nation's secret service is so secret that nobody knows if it has one, and brain injury is seen as a desirable outcome rather than a side effect of contact sports. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. -Tr1bute-Art's national animal is the owl, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Cards.

-Tr1bute-Art is ranked 263,597^th in the world and 66^th in Union of Free Nations for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -8.54 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.