The People's Republic of North Tartaria is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Comrade General Secretary Timur Valiyev with an iron fist, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, zero percent divorce rate, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 4.248 billion Tatars are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kazan. The average income tax rate is 86.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Tatar economy, worth 280 trillion puls 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 Information Technology, Retail, and Trout Farming. Average income is 65,975 puls, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Surfing lessons include how to ward off sharks, it is illegal to distribute Girl Guide Cookies without an advanced food hygiene diploma, the countryside is shrouded by wind farms, and nudity is frowned upon. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. North Tartaria's national animal is the white leopard, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

North Tartaria is ranked 51,872^nd in the world and 1,269^th in the South Pacific for Safest, scoring 102.4 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.