The Republic of Old World Tarantula is a huge, socially progressive nation, renowned for its absence of drug laws. The hard-working, democratic population of 837 million Old World Tarantulans live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The tiny, liberal, pro-business, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Healthcare, and Welfare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 6.4%.

The thriving Old World Tarantulan economy, worth 52.5 trillion flies a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is fairly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Pizza Delivery, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 62,742 flies, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 222,088 per year while the poor average 12,798, a ratio of 17.4 to 1.

Crime is a problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Old World Tarantula's national animal is the fly.

Old World Tarantula is ranked 24,593^rd in the world and 1^st in The Old World for Most Primitive, scoring 75.83 on the Scary Big Number Scale.