The Republic of TEP562 is a huge, cultured nation, notable for its museums and concert halls, parental licensing program, and stringent health and safety legislation. The cynical population of 967 million TEP562ians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 26.4%.

The strong TEP562ian economy, worth 64.7 trillion pounds a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Basket Weaving. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 66,905 pounds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.1 times as much as the poorest.

Urban entrepreneurs are busy introducing cockroaches into restaurant kitchens, apples shaped like baguettes have become a strange new food fad, the state is footing the bill for billionaires' lawyers, and burning yourself alive is not okay but starving and whipping yourself is fine. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. TEP562's national animal is the kiwi, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

TEP562 is ranked 169,886^th in the world and 682^nd in Pablo for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 26.38 Effective Tax Rate.