The Republic of Tenderroot is a massive, orderly nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, restrictive gun laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The cynical population of 1.499 billion Tenderrootians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 48.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Tenderrootian economy, worth 11.9 trillion dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Trout Farming, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Pizza Delivery. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 7,966 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Cane fights are a common sight in nursing homes, military barracks resemble five-star hotels, male med students learning female anatomy do so with their eyes tightly closed, and a major religion has been named as Tenderroot's national religion. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tenderroot's national animal is the giraffe.

Tenderroot is ranked 224,925^th in the world and 1^st in The Mappers Union for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 348.26 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.