The Democratic States of Termathe is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Neo with a fair hand, and renowned for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 2.06 billion Termatheans hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The large, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New York. The average income tax rate is 93.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Termathean economy, worth 293 trillion dollars 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 mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 142,436 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Traumatized ex-ambassadors seek treatment for their "desk dissociation", sales of pregnancy testing kits are booming, one-man canoes fitted with the latest tracking technology leave no room for one man, and the government's economic policy can be summed up as "Abort, Retry, Fail?". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Termathe's national animal is the Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Termathe is ranked 11,826^th in the world and 661^st in The North Pacific for Most Beautiful Environments, with 1,473.7 Pounds Of Wildlife Per Square Mile.