The Democratic Republic of TBA is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by KM with an even hand, and remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, unlimited-speed roads, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic, humorless population of 24.67 billion Announcians enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tobeannouncopolis. The average income tax rate is 80.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Announcian economy, worth a remarkable 3,845 trillion PDES a year, is quite specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Retail. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 155,864 PDES, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Mystics are claiming that a simultaneous rise in scepticism and education budgets is correlation rather than causation, citizens praise the weeds that overwhelm their narrow vegetable realm, commuters and their desktops both bemoan their hard drives, and Bigtopian interference in domestic elections is always democratically sanctioned. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. TBA's national animal is the Zebra, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

TBA is ranked 41,095^th in the world and 293^rd in Europeia for Safest, scoring 105.45 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.