The Republic of Tellesopia is a gargantuan, genial nation, notable for its lack of airports, state-planned economy, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 21.146 billion Tellesopians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The tiny government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Environment. The average income tax rate is 3.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Tellesopian economy, worth a remarkable 5,440 trillion Sellets a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, highly specialized black market in Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Tourism. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 257,266 Sellets, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The slowest students feel vaguely targeted by their Mendelian Inheritance coursework, passive-aggressive congratulations cards inform mums-to-be that their pregnancy is their greatest achievement in life, most ambassadors from Tellesopia retire only a few years after being appointed, and literature classes frequently go on field trips to rock concerts. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Tellesopia's national animal is the Wombat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Tellesopia is ranked 42,051^st in the world and 2,689^th in Lazarus for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 5,022.42 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.