The Federation of Tank Republicans is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Tanker bururate with a fair hand, and renowned for its complete lack of prisons, ubiquitous missile silos, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 5.596 billion Tank Republisians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The medium-sized, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tanknition city. The average income tax rate is 86.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Tank Republisian economy, worth 869 trillion Tanker dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 155,319 Tanker dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

People boast about their low income on their dating profiles, EpiPen sales have skyrocketed, the installation of street lights across remote goat tracks has left citizens bemused, and "It was only a joke" is no longer a defense for the felony of discrimination. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tank Republicans's national animal is the Tank, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Tankhism.

Tank Republicans is ranked 12,200^th in the world and 27^th in The Union of Democratic States for Lowest Crime Rates, with 97.69 law-abiding acts per hour.