The Republic of Tavalenia is a massive, genial nation, ruled by 🎩Nick Corner with an even hand, and remarkable for its compulsory military service, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 2.679 billion Tavalenians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government prioritizes Healthcare, although Education, Law & Order, and Environment are also considered important, while Spirituality is ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of 🏙️Lyon. The average income tax rate is 68.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Tavalenian economy, worth 110 trillion 💵tavals a year, is quite specialized and led by the Cheese Exports industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Furniture Restoration, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 41,421 💵tavals, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Brancalandian Brie isn't available anywhere in Tavalenia, factories place endangered birds in their rafters in pursuit of government protections, it is believed that belligerence is a passing phase foreign leaders will soon outgrow, and citizens who plan overseas vacations are barred from running for political office. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tavalenia's national animal is the 🐈cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is ⛪Christianity.

Tavalenia is ranked 266,643^rd in the world and 401^st in The League for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -9.04 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.