The Republic of TEP355 is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its avowedly heterosexual populace, ban on automobiles, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 1.327 billion TEP355ians 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 enormous, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Defense. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 69.6%.

The all-consuming TEP355ian economy, worth 111 trillion pounds a year, is quite specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Cheese Exports, and Information Technology. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 83,651 pounds, with the richest citizens earning 6.0 times as much as the poorest.

TEP355 City's main city thoroughfare has been blocked by a row of leyland cypresses that mysteriously appeared overnight, theatre may or may not be changing for the better but it is being changed for good, Scoutmasters debate whether luxury log cabins defeat the purpose of camping, and a cyber-war between file sharers and the music industry formats hard drives across the country. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. TEP355's national animal is the kiwi, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

TEP355 is ranked 43,431^st in the world and 128^th in Pablo for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 69.64 Effective Tax Rate.