The Armed Republic of RAF TZES is a colossal, cultured nation, notable for its museums and concert halls, ban on automobiles, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 8.685 billion citizens are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The large, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 65.8%.

The frighteningly efficient happy economy, worth 837 trillion coins a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Book Publishing, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 96,454 coins, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 342,022 per year while the poor average 19,621, a ratio of 17.4 to 1.

The government invades its allies more than its enemies, shoppers have literally had their hands full since plastic bags were banned, expats return home to a government devoid of social and environmental agencies, and RAF TZES's fine wines are renowned throughout the region. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. RAF TZES's national animal is the lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

RAF TZES is ranked 247,420^th in the world and 368^th in racoda for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 45.7 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.