The Detroit Republic of Tigerus is a titanic, cultured nation, renowned for its prohibition of alcohol, keen interest in outer space, and free-roaming dinosaurs. The hard-nosed, devout population of 16.055 billion Detroiters 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 enormous government is primarily concerned with Defense, although Law & Order, Education, and Industry are also considered important, while Spirituality is ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Gotham. The average income tax rate is 90.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Detroiter economy, worth a remarkable 1,691 trillion buffs a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is mostly made up of the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 105,354 buffs, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Detroiters are wondering where have all the flowers gone, Detroiter husbands are dead good at fathering kids, space has been brought down to earth with constellations of cancer cases across Tigerus, and state officials tend to disappear after they forget to salute Leader's portrait. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tigerus's national animal is the lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Tigerus is ranked 313,486^th in the world and 20^th in The Allied Republics for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 21.79 on the Bus Surprisal Index.