The Nomadic Peoples of Crouching Tiger and Hidden Dragon is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Chairman Lang Lee with an even hand, and renowned for its ban on automobiles, public floggings, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless population of 1.558 billion Hongkongers are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The relatively small, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hong Kong. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 18.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Hongkonger economy, worth 172 trillion Yuan a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is notable. Average income is an impressive 110,634 Yuan, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 509,275 per year while the poor average 14,555, a ratio of 35.0 to 1.

Corporations claim the third ounce of any metal traded in a wicker-cone on the Sunday of a full moon as a charitable expense, property subletting is going underground, the homeless more often beg for mercy than money, and public projects are synonymous with yawn-inducing conformity. Crime is a problem. Crouching Tiger and Hidden Dragon's national animal is the Tiger Dragon, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Taoism.

Crouching Tiger and Hidden Dragon is ranked 164,935^th in the world and 7^th in Trading Cards for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring 858.53 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.