The Republic of Terrible Farming Nation 1200 is a massive, safe nation, notable for its ban on automobiles, ubiquitous missile silos, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, democratic population of 2.125 billion Terrible Farming Nation 1200ians 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 relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 17.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Terrible Farming Nation 1200ian economy, worth 102 trillion terrible monies a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 48,213 terrible monies, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

Citizens volunteer for tax audits to avoid the 80-page Practical Assessment Survey Tool On Religions, politicians are often found scavenging bins at night to supplement their income, blind students are at a disadvantage now that test papers printed in braille have been discontinued, and corporations donate huge sums of money to favored politicians. Crime is well under control, thanks to a capable police force. Terrible Farming Nation 1200's national animal is the terrible animal, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Terrible Farming Nation 1200 is ranked 116,561^st in the world and 5,976^th in Lazarus for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 1,030.6 on the Gilded Widget Scale.