The Least Serene Republic of Tmutarakhan is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Sidney Hussein Robinette with a fair hand, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, unlimited-speed roads, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, democratic, humorless population of 40.8 billion Tmutarakhanians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Social Policy, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Phanagoria. The average income tax rate is 90.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Tmutarakhanian economy, worth a remarkable 5,138 trillion m and ms a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity. The industrial sector is solely comprised of the Book Publishing industry. Average income is an impressive 125,933 m and ms, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

People often feel unbalanced by their daily commute, army gunpowder stores are being commandeered to make pretty fireworks and sparklers, drug deals return to the streets as legions of undercover officers stalk the dark web, and the atmosphere in Tmutarakhanian boardrooms is turning more gay. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tmutarakhan's national animal is the tripod, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Fundamentalist Taoism.

Tmutarakhan is ranked 329,218^th in the world and 3^rd in The Nudist Dreamland for Largest Pizza Delivery Sector, scoring -21.28 on the Pepperoni Propulsion Productivity Index.