The Most Serene Islands of Talvezout is a titanic, socially progressive nation, ruled by President Palomba Solis with a fair hand, and remarkable for its daily referendums, otherworldly petting zoo, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 22.766 billion Talvezians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sephrada. The average income tax rate is 98.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Talvezian economy, worth a remarkable 4,524 trillion Golden Tavares a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Tourism and Information Technology. Average income is an impressive 198,736 Golden Tavares, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Ignorance is considered a politically desirable quality, few that venture into government archives are ever seen again, the realistic depiction of tentacles is on the core syllabus of most art schools, and the nation's leader is normally just referred to as "snuggle-wuggle-huggy-bear". Crime is totally unknown. Talvezout's national animal is the Monk Seal, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Talvezout is ranked 305,507^th in the world and 4,008^th in The East Pacific for Most Advanced Defense Forces, scoring -30.17 on the Total War Preparedness Rating.