The Most Serene Islands of Talvezout is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by President Ana Sofía Sáenz with a fair hand, and remarkable for its smutty television, state-planned economy, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 11.729 billion Talvezians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of San Marcos. The average income tax rate is 97.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Talvezian economy, worth a remarkable 2,065 trillion Golden Tavares 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 Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Tourism and Information Technology. Average income is an impressive 176,087 Golden Tavares, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Groups of government workers are declared protected tribes if they venture too deep into the Capitol, the Supreme Court vehemently protects civil rights and the right to privacy, Talvezout is notorious for its citizens' infidelity, and heartfelt sentiments are mercilessly marketed by a million-Golden Tavare treacle machine. Crime is totally unknown. Talvezout's national animal is the monk seal, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Talvezout is ranked 7,489^th in the world and 670^th in The North Pacific for Most Valuable International Artwork, with 49.96 Bank.