The Socialist Federation of -Terrapacis- is a titanic, socially progressive nation, ruled by President Elizabeth Robins with a fair hand, and remarkable for its daily referendums, absence of drug laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 10.14 billion Terrapacisians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The medium-sized, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Davidston. The average income tax rate is 60.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Terrapacisian economy, worth a remarkable 1,469 trillion Terrapacisian 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 Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Retail. Average income is an impressive 144,874 Terrapacisian dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government regularly publishes lengthy reports on its own excessive recordkeeping, national chefs believe that you can eat anything so long as you deep fry it first, referenda are held for every conceivable government action, and anyone with an emergency on a holy day is advised to pray harder. Crime is totally unknown. -Terrapacis-'s national animal is the ovenbird, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

-Terrapacis- is ranked 70,665^th in the world and 10^th in Osakaland for Rudest Citizens, with 67.97 insults per minute.