The Free Earth and Soil of Tearn is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Oh Great Leader with an even hand, and renowned for its daily referendums, pith helmet sales, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, devout population of 2.614 billion Tearnians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Al Finé. The average income tax rate is 82.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Tearnian economy, worth 141 trillion Stagpias a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity. The industrial sector, which is extremely specialized, is mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 54,166 Stagpias, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Most of the nation's wealthy aristocrats are dentists, the "feminist protest" defence is increasingly common for cases of armed robbery, it's illegal to be caught on tape, and factories grind to a halt every time there is an election. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tearn's national animal is the Racoon, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Cindiism.

Tearn is ranked 290,361^st in the world and 18^th in Moonveil for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring -6.87 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.