The Republic of -Daring Tact- is a huge, efficient nation, notable for its ritual sacrifices, public floggings, and absence of drug laws. The quiet, industrious population of 915 million -Daring Tact-ians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 49.1%.

The powerhouse -Daring Tact-ian economy, worth 77.2 trillion currencies a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Arms Manufacturing, and Cheese Exports. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 84,363 currencies, with the richest citizens earning 8.9 times as much as the poorest.

Soldiers stream their classified military operations live for millions of fans, prison is a nightmare, construction workers evacuate work sites after finding sharp rocks on the ground, and a National Academy regulates grammar and usage. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. -Daring Tact-'s national animal is the animal, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

-Daring Tact- is ranked 278,852^nd in the world and 676^th in Izern for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -8.18 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.