The Colony of Tropicaljay is a titanic, genial nation, ruled by Jay Myers with a fair hand, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, otherworldly petting zoo, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 13.195 billion Atlanteans hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, corrupt, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Shadowville. The average income tax rate is 97.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Atlantean economy, worth a remarkable 3,990 trillion Silver Certificates a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Retail. Average income is an amazing 302,446 Silver Certificates, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Tourists outnumber citizens two to one, employers are finding it hard to screen candidates now that everyone gets A grades in their exams, wars of expansion are described as "peacekeeping operations", and town nameplates frequently raise giggles from passing tourists. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Tropicaljay's national animal is the cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Christianity.

Tropicaljay is ranked 314,404^th in the world and 44^th in Shadowville for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 8,468.49 Standard Monetary Units.