The Most Serene Islands of Talvezout is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by President Palomba Solis with a fair hand, and remarkable for its daily referendums, otherworldly petting zoo, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 18.377 billion Talvezians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sephrada. The average income tax rate is 98.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Talvezian economy, worth a remarkable 3,423 trillion Golden Tavares a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Tourism and Information Technology. Average income is an impressive 186,307 Golden Tavares, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A favorite "life hack" for gap year backpackers is to pretend to be homeless for government handouts, ADHD now stands for Attention Distracted by Hardware Devices, the dartboard at the Talvezian Cancer Research Charity bears a picture of President Palomba Solis's face, and wilderness-dwelling hermits are surprised to find railway stations on their front doorsteps. Crime is totally unknown. Talvezout's national animal is the Monk Seal, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Talvezout is ranked 8,723^rd in the world and 25^th in Refugia for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 436.23 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.