The Confederated Communes of Tessellane is a massive, safe nation, ruled by The Grand Loom with an even hand, and renowned for its state-planned economy, compulsory gun ownership, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate population of 1.502 billion Tessars are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social and economic equality; they tend to view other countries as corrupted by the hollow pageantry of sham elections.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 95.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Tessellanean economy, worth 220 trillion Knits a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 147,092 Knits, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Every school is receiving a brand new eraser, small children are learning a lot of new words from a teacher with Tourette Syndrome, prolonged government investigations are a common revenge tactic among spurned significant others, and families are left homeless as entire suburbs are bulldozed on the whim of tribal chiefs. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tessellane's national animal is the Silvertail Weaver, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Tessellane is ranked 313,686^th in the world and 696^th in The Leftist Assembly for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -10.45 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.