The People's Republic of Tavalisi is a mid-sized, safe nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 86 million Tavalisians 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 enormous, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 67.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Tavalisian economy, worth 2.41 trillion Pesos a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Information Technology, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 28,067 Pesos, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Physics lessons mostly involve talking about emotional management techniques, the military is researching proton packs and PK-meters to combat "unseen enemy forces", elderly citizens regularly buy posh multimillion-Peso mansions, and highly paid government contractors are found coughing up furballs in alleyways. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tavalisi's national animal is the Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Tavalisi is ranked 158,761^st in the world and 1,523^rd in the West Pacific for Largest Pizza Delivery Sector, scoring 692.02 on the Pepperoni Propulsion Productivity Index.