The Empire of Tangatarehua is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Empress Tamahine o te Marama with an iron fist, and notable for its public floggings, free-roaming dinosaurs, and infamous sell-swords. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 5.578 billion Tangata Rehua are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The relatively small, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tamaki. The average income tax rate is 8.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Rehuan economy, worth a remarkable 1,260 trillion kohatus a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Book Publishing, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 225,937 kohatus, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Empress Tamahine o te Marama's exquisite office door is replaced monthly due to angry petitioners, grinding bureaucracy has the international wheels of justice turning slowly, government agents stalk the aisles of grocery stores for out-of-stock medications, and commuters and their desktops both bemoan their hard drives. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Tangatarehua's national animal is the whale, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Tikanga Wairua.

Tangatarehua is ranked 55,922^nd in the world and 19^th in Greater Dienstad for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 4,264.41 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.