The United Kingdom of The Teddy is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Teddy the Great with an even hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, ban on automobiles, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 27.526 billion Teddians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, corrupt morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bearia. The average income tax rate is 98.3%.

The powerhouse Teddyian economy, worth a remarkable 3,861 trillion Ted Rings a year, is highly specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 140,278 Ted Rings, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

When it comes to smarts Teddy the Great isn't the brightest gem in the collection, it's often raining men (hallelujah) in Bearia, edutainment video games are taking The Teddy's students to the next level, and parents who reward their teens' chores with concert tickets are charged with illegal reselling. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Teddy's national animal is the Great Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Great Grand Church of the Teddy.

The Teddy is ranked 4,627^th in the world and 193^rd in The North Pacific for Most Cultured, scoring 165 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.