The State of Tamarie is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by the Governor with a fair hand, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 36.169 billion Tamarieans are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The minute, outspoken government, or what there is of one, prioritizes Education, although Industry, Welfare, and Healthcare are also considered important, while Spirituality and Defense aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capital Heights. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 6.5%.

The thriving Tamariean economy, worth a remarkable 1,645 trillion betales a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is quite specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Automobile Manufacturing, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 45,482 betales, with the richest citizens earning 8.4 times as much as the poorest.

Foreigners are treated with great suspicion, X-Files ratings have hit an all-time low, Tamarie has designated Capital Heights as its capital city, and The Governor has just been declared ruler of Tamarie in an international press conference. Crime is a problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Tamarie's national animal is the deer, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Tamarie is ranked 245,627^th in the world and 1^st in Commonwealth Independent States for Nicest Citizens, with 9.76 average smiles per day.