The Republic of TAKTIC-77 is a titanic, orderly nation, remarkable for its ban on automobiles, smutty television, and stringent health and safety legislation. The cynical, devout population of 10.415 billion TAKTIC-77ians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. The average income tax rate is 66.5%.

The all-consuming TAKTIC-77ian economy, worth 991 trillion Delta Eagles a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Basket Weaving, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 95,159 Delta Eagles, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.2 times as much as the poorest.

The government is reining in public spending, prospective secessionists nervously declare how worthless and unimportant they are, almost all products in TAKTIC-77 are hand-crafted due to strict employment laws, and citizens are prohibited from raising their voice above thirty decibels in commercial districts. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. TAKTIC-77's national animal is the Kitsune, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

TAKTIC-77 is ranked 188,479^th in the world and 1^st in Freedom army for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 609.62 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.