The Democratic Republic of Operation Tarraconensis is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The cynical population of 384 million Operation Tarraconensisians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The large, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Welfare, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 66.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Operation Tarraconensisian economy, worth 10.7 trillion francs 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 Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Information Technology, and Retail. Average income is 27,973 francs, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The alarmingly racist TV show 'Bigtopians Say the Darndest Things' is a hit, the combined alert sound of a nation simultaneously receiving a text message is a common cause of hearing damage, politicians bribe ten-year-old geniuses to sit their aptitude tests, and military spending is on the increase. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Operation Tarraconensis's national animal is the fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Operation Tarraconensis is ranked 184,890^th in the world and 1^st in Tarraconensis for Most Extensive Public Healthcare, scoring 1,021.17 on the Theresa-Nightingale Rating.