The Empire of Tennessee Empire is a large, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, frequent executions, and suspicion of poets. The hard-working, democratic population of 56 million Tennessee Empireans have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 18.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Tennessee Empirean economy, worth 3.16 trillion Tennessee Dollars a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Automobile Manufacturing, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 56,470 Tennessee Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

Economists confusingly list "fusarium rot and leaf blight" as major risk factors for monetary deflation, police officers that upset their bosses get assigned to 24 hour stakeouts of bike sheds, the Smalltopian embassy doubles as an electoral campaign headquarters, and EpiPen sales have skyrocketed. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tennessee Empire's national animal is the Raccoon, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Tennessee Empire is ranked 254,839^th in the world and 5,809^th in The North Pacific for Most Cultured, scoring 62 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.