The Paper Airplane Dreams of Tiralta is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by Cat with an even hand, and remarkable for its daily referendums, anti-smoking policies, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 5.291 billion Tiraltans enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Balideena. The average income tax rate is 99.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Tiraltan economy, worth 916 trillion stars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing and Information Technology. Average income is an impressive 173,182 stars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Thomas the Spank Engine is the most popular and controversial children's show in the nation, hundreds of subterranean tunnels are being built as part of "Project Morlock", prolonged government investigations are a common revenge tactic among spurned significant others, and park rangers perform full-body searches on suspected fungus smugglers. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tiralta's national animal is the Greater Phoenix Cat, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Big Tesco.

Tiralta is ranked 959^th in the world and 8^th in Refugia for Highest Food Quality, scoring 362.69 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.