The Democratic People's Republic of Tamenka is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by General Secretary Vasil Olotin with an iron fist, and renowned for its rum-swilling pirates, irreverence towards religion, and devotion to social welfare. The cynical population of 17.625 billion Tamenkans are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The enormous, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Welfare, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ninel. The average income tax rate is 60.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Tamenkan economy, worth 654 trillion Kepoks a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Woodchip Exports, and Basket Weaving. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 37,140 Kepoks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Squeaky high prepubescent voices recite the patriotic poem "Hail to The Leader!" before each meal, decaying farm hamlets have twice the representation of major urban areas, in life full of care there is no time to stop and stare, and the nation has become a pariah for giving pirates letters of marque. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tamenka's national animal is the Bear, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Tamenka is ranked 232,462^nd in the world and 8^th in Donnach IV for Most Beautiful Environments, with 393.8 pounds of wildlife per square mile.