The Armed Republic of Tarsale is a huge, orderly nation, notable for its irreverence towards religion, complete absence of social welfare, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 939 million Tarsaleans are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The minute, well-organized government, or what there is of one, prioritizes Defense, with Law & Order, Education, and Healthcare also on the agenda, while Spirituality and International Aid aren't funded at all. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 5.3%.

The very strong Tarsalean economy, worth 58.5 trillion elts a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Trout Farming, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 62,262 elts, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 184,715 per year while the poor average 16,469, a ratio of 11.2 to 1.

Teenagers get their license without taking the test, the military invades any neighboring nation with the gall to criticize its policies, the secret ingredient is love (and MSG), and corporations are either above the law or corrupting it. Crime is a serious problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Tarsale's national animal is the sheep, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Tarsale is ranked 243,502^nd in the world and 33^rd in The Wave Experience for Least Corrupt Governments, with 91.58 percentage of bribes refused.