The Aquatic Librarian Knights of Tethys 13 is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by The Grand Council with a fair hand, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, pith helmet sales, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless population of 25.566 billion Tethysi hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government is primarily concerned with Defense, with Education, Industry, and Administration also on the agenda, while Spirituality and International Aid receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Atr'Lyanteth'Ys. The average income tax rate is 98.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Tethysi economy, worth a remarkable 6,609 trillion Book-Marks a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 258,524 Book-Marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Tethys 13 has been recently classified as an international menace after 'liberating' several nearby territories, the nation's "surprisingly chill" military is renowned for its horrendous war crimes, a soldier's body is a temple, and the nation's new foreign policy of 'very disproportionate retribution' has its neighbors on edge. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Tethys 13's national animal is the Feathered Eel, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Necronomiconianism.

Tethys 13 is ranked 669^th in the world and 10^th in Osiris for Most Patriotic, with 85.9 Flags saluted per person per day.