The Republic of Tego is a colossal, socially progressive nation, ruled by Reinhard von Lohengramm with a fair hand, and renowned for its ubiquitous missile silos, unlimited-speed roads, and flagrant waste-dumping. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 9.711 billion Tegonians are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The minute, corrupt, pro-business government, or what there is of one, is primarily concerned with Industry, with Education, Healthcare, and Administration also on the agenda, while Spirituality and Environment are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Odin. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 2.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Tegonian economy, worth a remarkable 1,395 trillion Valkyries a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Soda Sales, and Gambling. Average income is an impressive 143,736 Valkyries, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 686,854 per year while the poor average 17,639, a ratio of 38.9 to 1.

The restriction that you must be over 1.1 metres tall to ride a carnotaurus has recently been waived, dog owners proudly declare that their pups can predict when the mailman will arrive, one tree's worth of paperwork accompanies each imported log of timber, and baby boys who pick up pink crayons are sent to a psychiatric ward. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, probably because of the absence of a police force. Tego's national animal is the Dragon, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Tego is ranked 17,189^th in the world and 9^th in Artificial Solar System for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 304.96 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.