The Commonwealth of Tovandland is a massive, efficient nation, renowned for its keen interest in outer space, irreverence towards religion, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 1.054 billion Tovandlandians are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 25.3%.

The all-consuming Tovandlandian economy, worth 105 trillion guilders a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Arms Manufacturing, and Tourism. Average income is 99,645 guilders, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.6 times as much as the poorest.

Corrupt industrial practices are spreading like a plague, recruitment posters proclaim the army to be both fabulous and fashionable, referenda can be called for any law at the request of at least one third of the voting population, and a light facial coating of soot is seen as the mark of an honest and hardworking man. Crime is almost non-existent, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tovandland's national animal is the penguin, which can occasionally be seen avoiding garbage in the nation's murky oceans.

Tovandland is ranked 131,240^th in the world and 1,170^th in the West Pacific for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 1,212.09 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.