The Republic of Tannenburg Founder is a gargantuan, orderly nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, irreverence towards religion, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 18.45 billion Tannenburg Founderians are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The relatively small, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 13.7%.

The very strong Tannenburg Founderian economy, worth a remarkable 1,060 trillion Denarii a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 57,486 Denarii, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 166,487 per year while the poor average 15,730, a ratio of 10.6 to 1.

Elections have been outlawed, the latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, a dictator has seized power and outlawed elections, and military spending is on the increase. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control, thanks to a well-funded police force. Tannenburg Founder's national animal is the Founder, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Tannenburg Founder is ranked 65,481^st in the world and 1^st in Tannenburg for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 4,691.97 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.