The Republic of Tancy is a small, genial nation, remarkable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, flagrant waste-dumping, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 22 million Tancyians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 28.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Tancyian economy, worth 73.3 trillion Bombs a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Retail, Book Publishing, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is notable. Average income is an impressive 110,235 Bombs, with the richest citizens earning 9.3 times as much as the poorest.

High school career advisors advise belligerent loners to consider vigilantism, food voucher forgeries are causing headaches for the police, dessert dishes make up the Tancyian breakfast menu, and guns don't kill people — heroes do. Crime is moderate, probably because of the absence of a police force. Tancy's national animal is the Sleepy Koala, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Tancy is ranked 47,381^st in the world and 6^th in Antisipation Refounded for Nudest, with 207 cheeks per square mile.