The Stranglehold of Tabcorp Park is a mammoth, orderly nation, ruled by Toxic Dan with an iron fist, and notable for its public floggings, keen interest in outer space, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 6.684 billion Tabconians 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 enormous, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of East Melton. The average income tax rate is 86.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Tabconian economy, worth 828 trillion Dingleberries a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 124,005 Dingleberries, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.1 times as much as the poorest.

Dozens of viewers tune in weekly to hear whether a comma has been added to Clause 5 in Subsection B of Law 58375, women complaining about lack of opportunity are told to "man up", gun-wielding criminals always wear appropriate eye and ear protection, and in court almost every witness is a hostile witness. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tabcorp Park's national animal is the Bin Chicken, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Chicolic.

Tabcorp Park is ranked 178,820^th in the world and 34^th in Liberty Democratic Alliance for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 1,013.97 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.