The Democratic Republic of Terminium is a huge, efficient nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 758 million Terminians are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The tiny, pro-business, outspoken government is primarily concerned with Spirituality, although Defense and Law & Order are also considered important, while Environment and Industry aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Terminium CR. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 6.7%.

The very strong Terminiumian economy, worth 46.2 trillion Terminian Dollars a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Woodchip Exports industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Automobile Manufacturing, and Soda Sales. Average income is 60,990 Terminian Dollars, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 215,887 per year while the poor average 12,440, a ratio of 17.4 to 1.

Five-year-olds who refuse to line up on command get gold stars and Terminium has designated Terminium CR as its capital city. Crime, especially youth-related, is a problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Terminium's national animal is the The White Tailed Deer, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Terminium is ranked 265,907^th in the world and 14^th in The Southern Lands for Largest Black Market, with 82.5 billion Standard Monetary Units.