The Republic of Terosa is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Trajan Paladescu with an even hand, and notable for its frequent executions, avant-garde cinema, and avowedly heterosexual populace. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 9.584 billion Terosans are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bucharest. The average income tax rate is 94.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Terosan economy, worth a remarkable 1,566 trillion Leis a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 163,420 Leis, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

National park visitors are reporting a rash of poison ivy sightings, travelers are subject to extensive searches if beet stains are visible on their clothing, paranoid museum guards keep a lookout for any animated displays attempting to escape the premises after dark, and the television adaptation of Jennifer Government is the most popular program in the nation. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Terosa's national animal is the Eagle, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Catholicism.

Terosa is ranked 9,847^th in the world and 153^rd in Europe for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 10,939.72 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.