The Elsiquincian Alexan Queendom of Tyra Melin is a huge, cultured nation, remarkable for its anti-smoking policies, infamous sell-swords, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 716 million Tyra Melinians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Mindu. The average income tax rate is 81.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Tyra Melinian economy, worth 60.9 trillion Jajons a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Book Publishing, and Soda Sales. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 85,103 Jajons, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A well-funded social safety net protects the unfortunate, the importance of winning Olympic gold medals is indoctrinated from an early age, more sidewalk is dedicated to animals than people, and citizens are regularly found digging for treasure in their gardens. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tyra Melin's national animal is the Tiger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Tyra Melin is ranked 6,420^th in the world and 1^st in Roses Without Thorns for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 58.24 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.