The Protectorate of Free Tepertopia is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Gerhard von Selingen with a fair hand, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, digital currency, and daily referendums. The hard-working, democratic, devout population of 5.964 billion Tepertopians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Happelstein. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 12.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Tepertopian economy, worth 527 trillion Silkes a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Automobile Manufacturing, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 88,525 Silkes, with the richest citizens earning 7.3 times as much as the poorest.

Asking 'does my bum look big in this?' leads to 30 hours of self-esteem classes, the well-to-do in The Free Nations Region are never on time for important appointments, wealthy pranksters dump refuse on unsuspecting citizens from up high, and in the Beginning was the Word and the Word was "Pragmatism". Crime is relatively low. Free Tepertopia's national animal is the housecat, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Capitalism.

Free Tepertopia is ranked 256,674^th in the world and 137^th in The Free Nations Region for Healthiest Citizens, with 0.76 bananas ingested per day.