The Republic of Tavalia is a massive, genial nation, ruled by President Silvestro Fontana with a fair hand, and remarkable for its smutty television, free-roaming dinosaurs, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, cheerful population of 2.469 billion Tavalians 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, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Solitudia. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 34.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Tavalian economy, worth 496 trillion Tavalian Sols a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Retail, and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 201,034 Tavalian Sols, with the richest citizens earning 8.0 times as much as the poorest.

One-stop superstores divide and conquer family businesses, the entire entry for Tavalia in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the World reads 'mostly harmless', the automobile industry is sitting up and taking notice of the new 24 hour race events... as are the track's sleepless neighbours, and juvenile delinquents are fitter than ever. Crime is totally unknown. Tavalia's national animal is the Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Tavalia is ranked 17,842^nd in the world and 52^nd in Communitas for Safest, scoring 114.47 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.