The Borderlands of Tantric Obstacles is a large, safe nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, state-planned economy, and devotion to social welfare. The democratic, devout population of 137 million Tantric Obstaclesians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Welfare, and Education. The average income tax rate is 44.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Tantric Obstaclesian economy, worth 4.53 trillion Groats a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Cheese Exports, and Tourism. Average income is 33,080 Groats, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Tantric Obstacles's national animal is the Fatberg.

Tantric Obstacles is ranked 179,412^th in the world and 4^th in Spirited Away for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 327.47 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.