The Avgeek of The North of Tallinia is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Lord Doenus with an iron fist, and remarkable for its compulsory vegetarianism, complete lack of prisons, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 1.124 billion Tallinians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Talon City. The average income tax rate is 73.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Tallinian economy, worth 132 trillion Nexos a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is an impressive 117,663 Nexos, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Citizens who fail to follow the official national religion are executed, all telephone traffic is monitored for 'national security reasons', radiation is a hot topic, and postcards from Tallinian driving test centres are popular souvenirs. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tallinia's national animal is the Tallinian Eagle and its national religion is Flemingovianism.

Tallinia is ranked 239,952^nd in the world and 1,924^th in The North Pacific for Largest Populations, with 1.12 billion capita.