The Democratic Republic of Tachycardia is a massive, efficient nation, remarkable for its daily referendums, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.376 billion Tachycardians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The large, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Denial. The average income tax rate is 71.9%.

The powerhouse Tachycardian economy, worth 124 trillion Coronaries a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Cheese Exports, and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 90,602 Coronaries, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.7 times as much as the poorest.

Ambitious "businessmen" use their children to sell and advertise their products, bike rage is all the rage, annulments are on the rise as couples discover their ancestors were born in the same hospitals, and police officers often conceal their identities to safeguard against public complaints. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tachycardia's national animal is the Woolly Sycophant, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Tachycardia is ranked 171,267^th in the world and 8,551^st in The North Pacific for Most Avoided, scoring 0.53 on the Kardashian Reflex Score.