The Republic of Tuqo is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by President Lucius with an even hand, and notable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, national health service, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, democratic, humorless population of 4.102 billion Tuqoans enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Reuk. The average income tax rate is 98.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Tuqoan economy, worth 750 trillion Hiroes a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Trout Farming, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 182,985 Hiroes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Government statisticians explain census inaccuracies by declaring that "Sith happens", government officials sit helplessly as they are labelled 'Pompous Womples' by celebrities, Tuqoans incessantly needle their doctors for relief, and advert breaks are played at lower volumes to make them easier to ignore. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tuqo's national animal is the Owl, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Tuqo is ranked 288,005^th in the world and 299^th in The Union of Democratic States for Most Primitive, scoring -526.69 on the Scary Big Number Scale.