The Matriarchy of Twdne 118 is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its daily referendums, suspicion of poets, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, democratic, devout population of 1.588 billion Twdne 118ians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 67.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Twdne 118ian economy, worth 36.4 trillion yen 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 a large, well-organized, quite specialized black market in Book Publishing, Arms Manufacturing, Cheese Exports, and Pizza Delivery. 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 22,910 yen, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The saying "when pigs fly" has been changed to "when the lights work", a major religion has been named as Twdne 118's national religion, scientists take credit every time it rains in The Crimson Empire, and cheese lovers have a case of the bleus. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Twdne 118's national animal is the fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Twdne 118 is ranked 112,038^th in the world and 348^th in The Crimson Empire for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 750.85 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.