The Social Democratic States of Talmon is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Moska Parvin-Plansky with a fair hand, and notable for its smutty television, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 4.39 billion Talmonians 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, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Mattachine. The average income tax rate is 93.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Talmonian economy, worth 540 trillion Talms a year, is highly specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 123,172 Talms, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Increasing numbers of children in Talmon have different eye and hair color to their supposed fathers, cash-strapped politicians frequently host bake sales to fund their campaigns, viewers get headaches from trying to read the screen full of small print warnings that precede most TV shows, and populations of two-headed dogs have been found around recently-uncovered archaeological sites. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Talmon's national animal is the dog, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Talmon is ranked 288,447^th in the world and 357^th in Refugia for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -19.75 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.