The Grand Fascist Empire of Old Tyrannia is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by Emperor Gaius Romulus IV with an iron fist, and remarkable for its compulsory military service, anti-smoking policies, and aversion to nipples. The compassionate, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 26.214 billion Tyrannians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Novum Latium. The average income tax rate is 36.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Tyrannian economy, worth a remarkable 2,820 trillion soliduses a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 107,582 soliduses, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Re-education centers are being added to most prisons, public footpaths are being slowly eroded by the burgeoning number of ramblers, vegetables are crisper thanks to CRISPR, and rumor has it that Emperor Gaius Romulus IV has won three lotteries in a row. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Old Tyrannia's national animal is the Tyrannosaurus rex, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is the Tyrannian Orthodox Church.

Old Tyrannia is ranked 10,445^th in the world and 1^st in The Tyrannian Empire for Healthiest Citizens, with 14.44 bananas ingested per day.