The Allied States of Tatepon1 is a mid-sized, orderly nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and smutty television. The hard-working, cynical population of 56 million Tatepon1ians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Spirituality. The average income tax rate is 38.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Tatepon1ian economy, worth 3.00 trillion lire a year, is dominated by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Arms Manufacturing, and Automobile Manufacturing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 53,537 lire, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

The easiest method of escaping from prison is to take singing lessons, being nicknamed "Orange Face" has done Leader's credibility no favours, burial ceremonies have become as routinised as tax forms, and fixing attendance at women's matches is a matter of "when they go low, we go high... funding". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force. Tatepon1's national animal is the panther, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Tatepon1 is ranked 317,570^th in the world and 3^rd in Earthend for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -11.14 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.