The The Christian Kingdom of Trister is a huge, safe nation, remarkable for its museums and concert halls, avowedly heterosexual populace, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, devout population of 687 million Tristerians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Saint-Aird. The average income tax rate is 68.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Tristerian economy, worth 70.9 trillion The Diamond Rubles a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Woodchip Exports, Trout Farming, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 103,247 The Diamond Rubles, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Diplomatic missions typically end with a flurry of childish insults, accusations and phlegm, motorists must pay to enter inner-cities during peak hours, the Violetist community celebrates bombshells being dropped on Trister, and extraordinary tribunals try accused financial criminals. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Trister's national animal is the leopard, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Trister is ranked 25,045^th in the world and 37^th in Covenant Shores for Largest Basket Weaving Sector, scoring 5,775.17 on the Hickory Productivity Index.