The Equatorial Republic of Tishanda is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by Ernesto Ibagan with an even hand, and renowned for its public floggings, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, humorless, devout population of 20.665 billion Tishandans enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Environment, Healthcare, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Laharu. The average income tax rate is 81.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Tishandan economy, worth a remarkable 1,755 trillion Tishans a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is mostly comprised of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, although the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 84,965 Tishans, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Politicians that report exaggerated crowd sizes for their speeches are dismissed for being delusional, euthanasia is illegal, feuilletons can only be deciphered with a Galliennais dictionary, and the government has cut its subsidies for all special interest groups. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tishanda's national animal is the Puwayan Tiger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Tishanda is ranked 283,719^th in the world and 293^rd in Forest for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring -150.31 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.