The Cosmic Attitude Adjustment of Tachanka is a gargantuan, efficient nation, notable for its ban on automobiles, keen interest in outer space, and complete lack of prisons. The compassionate, democratic population of 31.426 billion Tachankans love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Environment. The average income tax rate is 92.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Tachankan economy, worth a remarkable 2,921 trillion makhnoes a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Tourism and Information Technology. Average income is 92,950 makhnoes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Concussed nestorball players cannot remember their lineup position, it is not politically correct to suspect that a serially convicted burglar might steal again, Tachankans no longer find themselves bumping into their exes at family gatherings, and they say that Tachankans made a dessert and called it peace. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tachanka's national animal is the nestor, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Tachanka is ranked 35,997^th in the world and 1^st in Kashmir for Lowest Crime Rates, with 79.48 law-abiding acts per hour.