The Confederacy of Tarivec is a huge, safe nation, notable for its public floggings, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 218 million Tarivecians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Spirituality. The average income tax rate is 52.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Tarivecian economy, worth 6.05 trillion Tarivcian Pounds a year, is dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 27,754 Tarivcian Pounds, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Suppression of pro-democracy protests is a daily occurrence, unshaven men are viewed with suspicion in courts of law, Jack Russells have proven to be terrible spies, and people who make the leader's blood boil get boiled. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tarivec's national animal is the Osprey, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Tarivec is ranked 278,475^th in the world and 10,583^rd in Balder for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -11.52 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.