The Republic of The Terrible Truth is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, absence of drug laws, and punitive income tax rates. The democratic population of 11.821 billion Terrible Truthians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 54.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Terrible Truthian economy, worth 422 trillion Dollars 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 Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Soda Sales, and Book Publishing. Average income is 35,707 Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Military funding has been stripped back. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Terrible Truth's national animal is the Cow, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

The Terrible Truth is ranked 70,179^th in the world and 3,610^th in Balder for Most Beautiful Environments, with 614.02 pounds of wildlife per square mile.