The Republic of Tafat is a large, safe nation, notable for its ban on automobiles, irreverence towards religion, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 62 million Tafats are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 72.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Tafat economy, worth 1.66 trillion Idrimens 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 dominated by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Uranium Mining, and Retail. Average income is 26,741 Idrimens, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The contraband cigarette trade is lighting up across Tafat, military strategists are questioning the wisdom of subsidizing the economies of sworn enemies, the government considers the rising number of McRonald's fast food restaurants to be great progress, and at least 1% of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs budget goes to Leader's wardrobe. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tafat's national animal is the Capibara, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Tafat is ranked 25,010^th in the world and 585^th in The Communist Bloc for Safest, scoring 111.39 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.