The Department of Tarn is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Jean-Michel Mougard with an even hand, and renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape and compulsory military service. The devout population of 14.569 billion Tarnaises have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Spirituality, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Albi. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 32.1%.

The strong Tarnais economy, worth 719 trillion francs a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Automobile Manufacturing, and Retail. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 49,367 francs, with the richest citizens earning 6.6 times as much as the poorest.

Muscular women are banned from competing in sporting competitions, the Tarn Enquirer offers weekly cash prizes for 'most blasphemous song, story, or cartoon', re-education centers are being added to most prisons, and political clichés like "band-aid solutions" and "adrenaline shots to the economy" are headed for the dumpster. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tarn's national animal is the lion, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Roman Catholicism.

Tarn is ranked 165,124^th in the world and 46^th in Department Store for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 579.15 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.