The Pacific Republic of Talitoa is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Jarnet Billings with a fair hand, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, national health service, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 4.061 billion Talitoans 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 enormous, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Takkatok. The average income tax rate is 98.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Talitoan economy, worth 788 trillion Talios a year, is highly specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 194,164 Talios, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Jarnet Billings panders to nontraditional families, exorbitant spending on icebreakers breaks the ice at every budget meeting, the reams of paperwork accompanying any electronic item are a recognised contributor to national deforestation, and the world still seems flat to some people in space. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Talitoa's national animal is the Oarfish, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Zelionism.

Talitoa is ranked 1,148^th in the world and 17^th in The East Pacific for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 74.67 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.