The Republic of Tancy is a huge, socially progressive nation, notable for its keen interest in outer space, daily referendums, and spontaneously combusting cars. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 643 million Tancyians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 26.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Tancyian economy, worth 69.5 trillion Bombs a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Retail, Book Publishing, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is notable. Average income is an impressive 108,010 Bombs, with the richest citizens earning 8.3 times as much as the poorest.

Only the rich can afford the latest medical innovations, small children are learning a lot of new words from a teacher with Tourette Syndrome, the standard government reply to any query is "there is no spoon", and where your food came from is an unknowable mystery. Crime, especially youth-related, is relatively low. Tancy's national animal is the Sharon The Slave x Owion The Onion 4ever, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Tancy is ranked 13,335^th in the world and 5^th in Antisipation Refounded for Nicest Citizens, with 27.03 average smiles per day.