The Kingdom of The Tree States is a titanic, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Tree with an even hand, and notable for its ritual sacrifices, parental licensing program, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless, devout population of 18.188 billion Trees have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bouleau. The average income tax rate is 98.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Tree economy, worth a remarkable 6,589 trillion tree bits 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 Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Retail. 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 362,285 tree bits, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

The nation leads Atrax in per capita stalking, the new Tree-made OS is buggier and more inconvenient than a horse-drawn carriage, the nation's once beautiful countryside has turned brown as farmers spray potent pesticides, and Maxtopian tourists make expensive pilgrimages to Bouleau to enjoy their national art. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Tree States's national animal is the tree, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Yellowism.

The Tree States is ranked 327,665^th in the world and 4^th in Atrax for Nicest Citizens, with 0.22 average smiles per day.