The Community of Tathagata is a mammoth, genial nation, notable for its irreverence towards religion and absence of drug laws. The democratic population of 8.467 billion Tathagatans are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 49.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but underdeveloped Tathagatan economy, worth 217 trillion pesos a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 25,631 pesos, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Anti-government web sites are springing up, airport announcements inform passengers that flights have been delayed because pilots are having afternoon naps, holiday light displays just aren't the same without seizure-inducing strobe effects, and heartfelt sentiments are mercilessly marketed by a million-peso treacle machine. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tathagata's national animal is the leopard, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Tathagata is ranked 318,377^th in the world and 25^th in Pink Lotus for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring -10.04 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.