The Armed Republic of Tank Industrial Complex XVI is a huge, safe nation, remarkable for its burgeoning elephant population. The democratic population of 540 million Tank Industrial Complex XVIians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 31.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Tank Industrial Complex XVIian economy, worth 16.9 trillion dollars a year, is quite specialized and led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Cheese Exports, Uranium Mining, and Tourism. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 31,353 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

Crime is well under control, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tank Industrial Complex XVI's national animal is the elephant.

Tank Industrial Complex XVI is ranked 189,423^rd in the world and 8,427^th in Lazarus for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 325.92 on the Gilded Widget Scale.