The Republic of Truth or Consequences is a huge, socially progressive nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-working, democratic population of 413 million Truth or Consequencesians are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The tiny government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Defense. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 7.2%.

The very strong Truth or Consequencesian economy, worth 26.1 trillion dollars a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Basket Weaving industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Automobile Manufacturing, and Trout Farming. Average income is 63,109 dollars, with the richest citizens earning 8.4 times as much as the poorest.

Crime, especially youth-related, is relatively low. Truth or Consequences's national animal is the eagle, which can occasionally be seen dodging aircraft in the nation's cities.

Truth or Consequences is ranked 28,920^th in the world and 3^rd in New Mexico for Most Primitive, scoring 71.76 on the Scary Big Number Scale.