The Republic of Vote Tilden is a massive, efficient nation, notable for its avant-garde cinema, ban on automobiles, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 1.217 billion Vote Tildenians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 74.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Vote Tildenian economy, worth 134 trillion Ducats a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 110,621 Ducats, with the richest citizens earning 5.1 times as much as the poorest.

The traditional Violetist dish of stuffed sheep's head is served with an intense look of shock upon its face, glittering new sports stadiums adorn every city and town, students can name the chiefs of proto-Bigtopian tribes before they can count to ten, and enemy agents are generally eliminated with extreme prejudice. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vote Tilden's national animal is the Tilden, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Vote Tilden is ranked 288,282^nd in the world and 10^th in Samuel Tilden for Nicest Citizens, with 2.14 average smiles per day.