The Commonwealth of Temnivolk is a massive, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, pith helmet sales, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, cynical population of 2.086 billion Temnivolkians are ruled with an iron fist by the socialist government, which grants its people the freedom to do whatever they like so long as it doesn't involve getting richer than anybody else or challenging the government.

The enormous, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 94.5%.

The powerhouse Temnivolkian economy, worth 238 trillion Cornhusks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Book Publishing, and Cheese Exports. Average income is an impressive 114,099 Cornhusks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Youth rights demonstrations often end in vicious snowball fights, serial commas clarify the relationship between one's lackeys, the taxpayers, and kinsfolk, all the cool kids have tetanus, and the working classes live and die on the fields of the farming communes. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Temnivolk's national animal is the Platypus, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Temnivolk is ranked 37,084^th in the world and 1,721^st in Balder for Most Developed, scoring 80.46 on the Human Development Index.