The Federation of Tank Republicans is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by Tanker bururate with a fair hand, and remarkable for its soft-spoken computers, sprawling nuclear power plants, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 5.638 billion Tank Republisians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tanknition city. The average income tax rate is 87.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Tank Republisian economy, worth 886 trillion Tanker dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 157,190 Tanker dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Mandatory updates on software drivers often bring life to a halt, organ donation is compulsory, new arrivals are asked the location of the Minister of the Interior's birthmark, and weekly religious services often resemble campaign rallies. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tank Republicans's national animal is the Tank, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Tankhism.

Tank Republicans is ranked 240,315^th in the world and 230^th in The Union of Democratic States for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 19,806.03 Standard Monetary Units.