The Most Serene Republic of TomKirk is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Thomas Picard with an even hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, keen interest in outer space, and compulsory military service. The compassionate, humorless population of 30.961 billion TomKirkians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Environment, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Huckleberry. The average income tax rate is 88.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong TomKirkian economy, worth a remarkable 1,901 trillion stone wheels a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity. The industrial sector is solely comprised of the Tourism industry. Average income is 61,430 stone wheels, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The new one stone wheel coin also makes a handy throwing-star, prisoners can't do number twos without their "toilet buddy" present, the latest electric jet fighter has almost enough battery charge to reach cruising altitude -- provided you don't use the radar, and a good TomKirkian is hard to find. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. TomKirk's national animal is the heath hen, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

TomKirk is ranked 13,255^th in the world and 2^nd in Knights of the NS List for Most Accessible, scoring 544.48 on the Keller-Reeve Index.