The Empire of Tertania is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Jameson King with an iron fist, and notable for its complete lack of prisons, pith helmet sales, and digital currency. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 5.157 billion Tertanians 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, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Isonphis. The average income tax rate is 98.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Tertanian economy, worth a remarkable 1,269 trillion Tertans a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 246,219 Tertans, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The aims of top-secret Tertanian science projects revolve around designing the perfect robot woman, candidates for public office painstakingly research their family trees to ensure their eligibility, a favorite "life hack" for gap year backpackers is to pretend to be homeless for government handouts, and critical thinking is grounds for expulsion from university. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tertania's national animal is the raven, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Tertania is ranked 24,772^nd in the world and 79^th in Confederation of Corrupt Dictators for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry, scoring 4,994.95 on the Spitz-Pollish Productivity Index.