The Republic of TEP1 is a massive, efficient nation, renowned for its daily referendums, compulsory gun ownership, and suspicion of poets. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 1.404 billion TEP1ians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 72.7%.

The all-consuming TEP1ian economy, worth 135 trillion pounds a year, is led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Tourism. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 96,436 pounds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.7 times as much as the poorest.

Homeowners are evicted to make way for new runways, farmers have taken to hunting billionaires who encroach on their land, citizens wishing to be parents must undertake a series of gruelling tests to evaluate their capabilities, and Leader's luxurious new home has been designated as a protected cultural heritage site. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. TEP1's national animal is the kiwi, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

TEP1 is ranked 260,398^th in the world and 366^th in Pablo for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -6.4 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.