The Republic of Rose Talleyrand is a colossal, socially progressive nation, notable for its state-planned economy, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cynical population of 5.132 billion Rose Talleyrandians are ruled with an iron fist by the socialist government, which grants its people the freedom to do whatever they like so long as it doesn't involve getting richer than anybody else or challenging the government.

The medium-sized, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Talleyrand Town. The average income tax rate is 36.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but sluggish Rose Talleyrandian economy, worth 107 trillion paws a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient black market in Pizza Delivery, Uranium Mining, Furniture Restoration, and Book Publishing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 20,990 paws, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Beating enemies to death with a baseball bat is legal if done within nine innings, the nation's police officers are famously miserable-looking, seven-year-olds debate for weeks on the merits of the Oxford comma, and the Forestry Department has decided you really can't fight fire with fire. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Rose Talleyrand's national animal is the cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Rose Talleyrand is ranked 165,385^th in the world and 2,330^th in Ambition for Largest Basket Weaving Sector, scoring 1,492.28 on the Hickory Productivity Index.