The Democratic States of Tashua is a very large, safe nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and free-roaming dinosaurs. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 418 million Tashuans have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small government prioritizes Education, with Law & Order, Administration, and Defense also on the agenda, while International Aid isn't funded at all. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 9.9%.

The Tashuan economy, worth 28.8 trillion Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 68,803 Dollars, with the richest citizens earning 5.5 times as much as the poorest.

The government has adopted a "Lightning Never Strikes Twice" approach to dealing with natural disasters, the government is plagued with uncertainty, those who cut young children are told to cut it out, and any body part that can be cut off a person is no longer considered to be their property. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Tashua's national animal is the Peregrine Falcon, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Tashua is ranked 301,599^th in the world and 327^th in Christians for Largest Black Market, with 17.0 billion Standard Monetary Units.