The Colony of Terra Firma is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Legate Weiyi Loxley with a fair hand, and notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape and compulsory military service. The hard-working, democratic, devout population of 3.168 billion Terra Firmen enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The tiny, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Shanghai. The average income tax rate is 9.2%.

The Terra Firman economy, worth 183 trillion thalers a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Cheese Exports, and Information Technology. Average income is 57,797 thalers, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.9 times as much as the poorest.

Legate Weiyi Loxley has just been declared ruler of Terra Firma in an international press conference, Terra Firma has designated New Shanghai as its capital city, political gridlock ensues as even the most innocuous legislation is vetoed by the Supreme Court for potential civil rights violations, and TV coverage of music festivals consists mostly of backstage interviews. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent. Terra Firma's national animal is the tiger, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities, and its national religion is Tellurism.

Terra Firma is ranked 166,838^th in the world and 3^rd in The NationStates Community for Lowest Crime Rates, with 59.56 law-abiding acts per hour.