The Republic of TEP551 is a huge, efficient nation, remarkable for its smutty television, lack of airports, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 967 million TEP551ians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 28.1%.

The all-consuming TEP551ian economy, worth 80.2 trillion pounds a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Book Publishing, and Retail. Average income is 82,892 pounds, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 397,526 per year while the poor average 10,103, a ratio of 39.3 to 1.

Half-submerged and flooded seaside hotels are technically still next to the beach, singles on the dating scene no longer worry about looking their age, baby dolls thrown in the trash are a leading cause of panic attacks, and exorbitant spending on icebreakers breaks the ice at every budget meeting. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. TEP551's national animal is the kiwi, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

TEP551 is ranked 37,007^th in the world and 17^th in Pablo for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 59,599.62 Standard Monetary Units.