The Principality of Tapion is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by Rivaldi Milosha Zekromsky with a fair hand, and notable for its rum-swilling pirates, anti-smoking policies, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 5.126 billion Tapiocas enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Welfare, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Pearl Milk Ikspiari. The average income tax rate is 9.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Tapionan economy, worth 380 trillion leipas a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Automobile Manufacturing, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 74,299 leipas, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

Drug distribution is tightly controlled by the government, sexuality-questioning teenagers are placed in locked rooms with dirty magazines and lewd posters, the nation has become a pariah for giving pirates letters of marque, and harassed women are constantly hassled by guys who are "just giving them compliments". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Tapion's national animal is the doja cat and its national religion is Optimistic Resilience.

Tapion is ranked 158,326^th in the world and 14^th in Ukraine for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 62.16 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.