The Gònghéguó of Tanbearia is a massive, genial nation, renowned for its national health service, compulsory military service, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, democratic population of 2.806 billion Tanbearis love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large, corrupt, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Xi'an. The average income tax rate is 82.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Tanbeari economy, worth 398 trillion Gold yuan 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 dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Retail. Average income is an impressive 142,097 Gold yuan, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nation is renowned abroad for its love of blood and guts, being Leader has been voted one of the top ten most dangerous jobs, foreign policy often involves bullwhips and leather, and the navy is hoping to hear the enemy shout "you sank my battleship!". Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tanbearia's national animal is the Qīnglóng, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Mínsú zōngjiào.

Tanbearia is ranked 11,160^th in the world and 483^rd in The North Pacific for Most Cultured, scoring 114 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.