The Principality of Talakmakan is a huge, cultured nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, absence of drug laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, devout population of 246 million Talakmakanians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 65.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Talakmakanian economy, worth 8.93 trillion kronor a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Trout Farming, and Information Technology. Average income is 36,281 kronor, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Citizens are frequently searched for illegal weapons, children spend all morning taking out a comma and all afternoon putting it back in again, prisoners can't do number twos without their "toilet buddy" present, and TV coverage of music festivals consists mostly of backstage interviews. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Talakmakan's national animal is the Vini Peruviana, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Talakmakan is ranked 44,028^th in the world and 171^st in Refugia for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring 689.99 on the Clooney Contribution Index.