The Republic of Taintnut is a colossal, orderly nation, notable for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The cynical population of 8.334 billion Taintnutians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government prioritizes Law & Order, with Defense, Healthcare, and Administration also on the agenda. The average income tax rate is 55.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Taintnutian economy, worth 58.8 trillion pesos a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Furniture Restoration, Cheese Exports, Soda Sales, and Arms Manufacturing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 7,052 pesos, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Human sacrifice to the metaphorical altar of Mammon ensures national prosperity, anything is permissible when wearing latex gloves, conductors wield diamond-encrusted batons to fit in with their freshly gilded surroundings, and a major religion has been named as Taintnut's national religion. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Taintnut's national animal is the kiwi.

Taintnut is ranked 184,386^th in the world and 3^rd in New Phoenix for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring zero on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.