The United Protectorate of Tepertopia is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Gerhard von Selingen with a fair hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, digital currency, and frequent executions. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 2.4 billion Tepertopians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Happelstein. The average income tax rate is 47.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Tepertopian economy, worth 279 trillion Silkes a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 116,587 Silkes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

The police turn a blind eye to desecration if it's done in the name of religion or protest, pregnant hitchhikers with signs requesting rides to "competent care" are a common sight on Tepertopian roads, the Snapgram channel "Embarrassing Baby Gerhard Von Selingen Pics" has made Gerhard von Selingen's mom a celebrity, and the nation's universities are often mistaken for foreign embassies. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tepertopia's national animal is the housecat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Amerionism.

Tepertopia is ranked 25,319^th in the world and 707^th in the South Pacific for Highest Average Incomes, with 116,587.94 Standard Monetary Units.