The Principality of Tegeia is a massive, safe nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 4.928 billion Tegeians are free to succeed or fail in life on their own merits; the successful tend to enjoy an opulent (but moralistic) lifestyle, while the failures can be seen crowding out most jails.

The relatively small, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Spirituality. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 10.5%.

The very strong Tegeian economy, worth 295 trillion francs a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 59,908 francs, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 253,664 per year while the poor average 9,140, a ratio of 27.8 to 1.

The nation's prisons are touted as the best weight loss programs money can't buy, the "right of sanctuary" stops police pursuit into temples and churches, a ban on unsolicited cold calling in all forms is in effect, and boys who even ask about cheerleading are placed on the Sex Offenders Register. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control, thanks to a capable police force. Tegeia's national animal is the unicorn, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Tegeia is ranked 123,312^th in the world and 20^th in Byzantine Christendom for Highest Food Quality, scoring 18.98 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.