The Federation of Tank Republicans is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Tanker bururate with a fair hand, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, ubiquitous missile silos, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 5.651 billion Tank Republisians 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 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 87.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Tank Republisian economy, worth 889 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 157,390 Tanker dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Weekly religious services often resemble campaign rallies, conductors wield diamond-encrusted batons to fit in with their freshly gilded surroundings, vast amounts of energy are expended moving water to hilltop lakes, and the combined alert sound of a nation simultaneously receiving a text message is a common cause of hearing damage. 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 287,418^th in the world and 296^th in The Union of Democratic States for Most Primitive, scoring -516.29 on the Scary Big Number Scale.