The Queendom of Tic Cosmos is a gargantuan, safe nation, notable for its compulsory military service, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 18.407 billion Tic Cosmosians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 69.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but stagnant Tic Cosmosian economy, worth 161 trillion betales a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Automobile Manufacturing, and Pizza Delivery. Average income is 8,755 betales, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Organ donation rates have hit a new low, elections have been outlawed, punitive tariffs protect local industry, and tourists from around the world come to visit the country's famous rainforests. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tic Cosmos's national animal is the deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Tic Cosmos is ranked 87,854^th in the world and 1^st in Colorado for Most Patriotic, with 16.45 flags saluted per person per day.