The Democratic Republic of Tachycardia is a colossal, socially progressive nation, notable for its national health service, anti-smoking policies, and free-roaming dinosaurs. The compassionate, democratic population of 6.187 billion Tachycardians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Denial. The average income tax rate is 83.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Tachycardian economy, worth 610 trillion Coronaries a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Cheese Exports, and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 98,725 Coronaries, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Cosmopolitan citizens ask what their countries can do for them, airport security is provided by private companies, there is a dearth of space for new houses, and government ministers have eclectic tastes in curtains. 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 6,235^th in the world and 369^th in The North Pacific for Healthiest Citizens, with 18.15 bananas ingested per day.