The Commonwealth of Tranquility Antioch is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Sovereign with an iron fist, and remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and free-roaming dinosaurs. The cynical, humorless, devout population of 10.233 billion Tranquility Antiochians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, corrupt morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Spirituality. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Mesopotamia. The average income tax rate is 89.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Tranquility Antiochian economy, worth 949 trillion Gold coins a year, is highly specialized and led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Retail, Furniture Restoration, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 92,795 Gold coins, with the richest citizens earning 5.2 times as much as the poorest.

There are traffic jams at sea as diligent customs officers check every part of every ship, the name of the "Butcher of Bigtopia" adorns shirts across Tranquility Antioch, the silencing of dissent speaks volumes about the quality of Tranquility Antiochian democracy, and breast milk is being redistributed from each according to their ability to each according to their need. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tranquility Antioch's national animal is the falcon, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Melchizedek.

Tranquility Antioch is ranked 52,969^th in the world and 12^th in Ancient for Most Patriotic, with 26.23 flags saluted per person per day.