The United States of Tar Teret is a massive, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, barren, inhospitable landscape, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 1.573 billion Tar Teretians live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The minute, liberal, pro-business, outspoken government, or what there is of one, prioritizes Industry, although Education, Healthcare, and Defense are also considered important, while Spirituality and International Aid aren't funded at all. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.8%.

The powerhouse Tar Teretian economy, worth 113 trillion tars a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Pizza Delivery industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Soda Sales, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 72,198 tars, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 288,238 per year while the poor average 12,161, a ratio of 23.7 to 1.

Trust-fund babies line up for places in community college, veterans are directed into environmental cleanup operations, a third of Tar Teretians are e-certified CEOs, and children often explain to their parents that the Mega Ultimate Sword Fist was worth the thousand-tar charge on their phone bill. Crime, especially youth-related, is a major problem, probably because of the absence of a police force. Tar Teret's national animal is the lion, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Tar Teret is ranked 255,520^th in the world and 74^th in Stygian Abbey for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring zero on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.