The Incorporated States of Telemere is a small, efficient nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, frequent executions, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 32 million Telemereans 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 relatively small, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Healthcare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 9.3%.

The thriving Telemerean economy, worth 1.97 trillion Payphone Tokens a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Automobile Manufacturing, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 61,447 Payphone Tokens, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 202,104 per year while the poor average 14,001, a ratio of 14.4 to 1.

Unpackaged foodstuffs rot on store shelves, the government's fruit business reeks of rotting produce and corruption, travelers are subject to extensive searches if beet stains are visible on their clothing, and children's daycare starts at the crack of dawn. Crime, especially youth-related, is a serious problem. Telemere's national animal is the wolf, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Telemere is ranked 147,229^th in the world and 1,904^th in The East Pacific for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 1,076.31 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.