The Dictatorship of Lt Colonel Tanya von Degurechaff is a huge, orderly nation, notable for its ubiquitous missile silos, restrictive gun laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 429 million Colonels 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 government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized morass — juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 77.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Lt Colonel Tanya von Degurechaffian economy, worth 8.12 trillion Reichsmarks 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 led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with major contributions from Cheese Exports, Gambling, and Trout Farming. Average income is 18,930 Reichsmarks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Daisy chain gangs plant flowers and pick up litter, they say that Leader's personal computer is full of naked pictures of the Emperor of Maxtopia, the "Dreadnowt" is the pride and joy of the Lt Colonel Tanya Von Degurechaffian Navy, and a little pushing and pulling is needed for big ships to pass. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lt Colonel Tanya von Degurechaff's national animal is the Army PVT, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Lt Colonel Tanya von Degurechaff is ranked 232,260^th in the world and 173^rd in The Region That Has No Big Banks for Largest Populations, with 429 million capita.