The Monaristopolity of Tarmsden is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Grand Duke Marmaduke II with an even hand, and renowned for its public floggings, fear of technology, and complete lack of prisons. The compassionate, hard-working, cheerful, devout population of 26.225 billion Tarmsdenites have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small, corrupt government is primarily concerned with Education, although Law & Order and Spirituality are also considered important, while Social Policy and International Aid receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Columbia. The average income tax rate is 7.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Tarmsdenian economy, worth a remarkable 4,883 trillion stable credits a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is dominated by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Soda Sales. Average income is an impressive 186,231 stable credits, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Strange looking men with big red noses are found hiding behind bushes and inside dustbins, the strong are acquitted and the weak are trampled in trial by a cow, paranoid museum guards keep a lookout for any animated displays attempting to escape the premises after dark, and no-one bats an eye when 'really good platonic friends' of the same sex hold hands in Tarmsden. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tarmsden's national animal is the cow, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Catholicism.

Tarmsden is ranked 75,182^nd in the world and 1^st in The Loneliest Number for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 3,057.04 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.