The United Colonies of Tango 10 is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Delta Command with an iron fist, and notable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, national health service, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 2.87 billion colonists are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Colony Tango 10. The average income tax rate is 81.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient one of the colonist economy, worth 395 trillion deckies a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an impressive 137,867 deckies, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Wood-framed catapults are ready to launch diseased corpses into besieged cities, anti-government web sites are springing up, torture is commonly used to extract information from suspected criminals, and constipated disaster survivors are rapidly learning that MRE is short for "Meal Requiring Enemas". Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tango 10's national animal is the Emperor scorpion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Overseer.

Tango 10 is ranked 41,765^th in the world and 7^th in Hiyamashu for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry, scoring 4,139.28 on the Spitz-Pollish Productivity Index.