The Federal Republic of Tailtearsa is a large, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its ubiquitous missile silos, keen interest in outer space, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-working, democratic population of 50 million Tailtearsans enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The relatively small, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Defense, and Education. The average income tax rate is 11.3%.

The strong Tailtearsan economy, worth 3.20 trillion Pios a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Pizza Delivery, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 64,096 Pios, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.2 times as much as the poorest.

Most of the military's funding goes into researching space-age weaponry, cults that offer eternal life after death to those who follow a self-sacrificing saviour are frowned upon, coat closets are being re-branded as bedrooms, and both diets and economic output are growing leaner with recent restrictions to free trade. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control. Tailtearsa's national animal is the Unicorn, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Tailtearsa is ranked 100,321^st in the world and 69^th in Geopolity for Safest, scoring 82.55 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.