The United Kingdom of The Teddy is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Teddy the Great with a fair hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, ritual sacrifices, and compulsory military service. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 11.528 billion The Teddians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bearia. The average income tax rate is 97.3%.

The strong Teddyian economy, worth a remarkable 1,371 trillion Ted Rings a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Arms Manufacturing, and Basket Weaving. Average income is an impressive 118,992 Ted Rings, with the richest citizens earning 6.4 times as much as the poorest.

Companies are turning to trained Great Bears for their most menial jobs, the fines for getting caught with the wrong recipe book can force The Teddians into bankruptcy, attendance of fathers at PTA meetings is at an all-time high, and the government merely sends empty platitudes whenever natural disasters strike foreign nations. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Teddy's national animal is the Great Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Great Grand Church of the Teddy.

The Teddy is ranked 80,876^th in the world and 4,074^th in The North Pacific for Most Efficient Economies, scoring 68.3 on the Krugman-Greenspan Business Outlook Index.