The Matriarchy of Tragedyland is a colossal, genial nation, notable for its museums and concert halls, absence of drug laws, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 5.9 billion Tragedylandians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vergate sul Membro. The average income tax rate is 72.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Tragedylandian economy, worth 195 trillion soldinoes a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Basket Weaving industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Information Technology, and Pizza Delivery. Average income is 33,164 soldinoes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Children gain their first sex education from reading the dictionary, the government only invests in infrastructure after a natural disaster, body doubles and armed bodyguards escort witnesses to and from courtrooms, and bins outnumber trees in city parks. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tragedyland's national animal is the tardigrade, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Tragedyland is ranked 233,852^nd in the world and 10,301^st in the South Pacific for Most Efficient Economies, scoring 31.17 on the Krugman-Greenspan Business Outlook Index.