The Republic of -Transcend- is a massive, safe nation, remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, public floggings, and otherworldly petting zoo. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 1.013 billion -Transcend-ians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Defense. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 40.7%.

The very strong -Transcend-ian economy, worth 80.9 trillion currencies a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Arms Manufacturing. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 79,815 currencies, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 328,256 per year while the poor average 12,795, a ratio of 25.7 to 1.

Bowling teams spend more time looking at their phones than the pins, many politicians are serving jail time for minor drug offenses, chipped paint can see a building condemned, and the military is researching proton packs and PK-meters to combat "unseen enemy forces". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. -Transcend-'s national animal is the animal, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

-Transcend- is ranked 77,762^nd in the world and 149^th in Izern for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 47,330.49 Standard Monetary Units.