The Aquatic Librarian Knights of Tethys 13 is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by The Grand Council with an even hand, and renowned for its compulsory vegetarianism, daily referendums, and smutty television. The hard-nosed, democratic, humorless population of 31.709 billion Tethysi enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The medium-sized government is primarily concerned with Defense, although Education, Industry, and Administration are also considered important, while Spirituality and International Aid receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Atr'Lyanteth'Ys. The average income tax rate is 98.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Tethysi economy, worth a remarkable 8,711 trillion Book-Marks a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 274,736 Book-Marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Prankster scientists legally change their names to silly pseudonyms before major discoveries, military funding has been stripped back, citizens select which government department gets their income tax Book-Marks each year, and stockbrokers dream of getting rich by writing textbooks. Crime is totally unknown. Tethys 13's national animal is the Feathered Eel, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Necronomiconianism.

Tethys 13 is ranked 283,184^th in the world and 10,857^th in Osiris for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 5,220 Standard Monetary Units.