The Democratic Republic of Tanius is a massive, genial nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, smutty television, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 1.866 billion Tanasians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The large, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tanius City. The average income tax rate is 66.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Taniusian economy, worth 192 trillion Tansanis a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 103,329 Tansanis, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Being dead no longer has any benefits, plain-clothes police officers follow Dàguó tourists everywhere they go, the government keeps its thumb on the scales of justice, and government officials go door-to-door educating about the dangers of pseudoscience. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tanius's national animal is the Deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Tanius is ranked 30,885^th in the world and 1,107^th in The North Pacific for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 52.44 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.