The Pacific Republic of Talitoa is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Jarnet Billings with an even hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, smutty television, and multi-spousal wedding ceremonies. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 14.827 billion Talitoans enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Takkatok. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Talitoan economy, worth a remarkable 3,480 trillion Talios a year, is highly specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 234,713 Talios, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The new Refuse Hills housing development is under construction, up to 40% of voters can finally read the issues they're deciding on, intellectual snobbery has the cognoscenti sneering at anyone who doesn't have an opinion on the semiological drift of Umberto Eco's works, and community-designed sword prostheses are becoming dangerously common. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Talitoa's national animal is the Oarfish, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Zelionism.

Talitoa is ranked 782^nd in the world and 15^th in The East Pacific for Most Beautiful Environments, with 5,635.17 pounds of wildlife per square mile.