The Spacefaring Warrior Armada of Tethys 13 is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by The 13 Fleet Representatives with an even hand, and remarkable for its daily referendums, digital currency, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless population of 23.94 billion Tethysi have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large government is dominated by the Department of Defense, although Education and Industry are also considered important, while International Aid and Spirituality aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of the Deep. The average income tax rate is 97.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Tethysi economy, worth a remarkable 5,808 trillion Honours a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 242,639 Honours, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.2 times as much as the poorest.

The 13 Fleet Representatives's speeches are beloved by insomniacs, the saying 'break a leg' is now taken literally, protesters are up in arms over new nuclear power stations, and the nation's reinforced coffee tables are constructed to survive an atomic blast. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Tethys 13's national animal is the Foreign Assassin, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Tethys 13 is ranked 212,157^th in the world and 7,591^st in Osiris for Largest Soda Pop Sector, scoring -12.37 on the Addison-Fukk Productivity Rating.