The Republic of Tamehi is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, renowned for its suspicion of poets and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 11.736 billion Tamehians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The minute government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 5.7%.

The strong Tamehian economy, worth 732 trillion baht a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Door-to-door Insurance Sales industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Trout Farming, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 62,419 baht, with the richest citizens earning 9.2 times as much as the poorest.

No one believes anything until it has been strenuously tested and peer-reviewed, prisoners regularly escape detention posing as scarecrows, giant beards and handlebar moustaches are increasingly popular, and citizens cannot change their light bulbs without approval from an international committee. Crime is a problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Tamehi's national animal is the Tiger, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Tamehi is ranked 83,927^th in the world and 2,758^th in Balder for Most Armed, with 0.58 weapons per person.