The Grand Republic of Terhoon is a titanic, safe nation, ruled by Arthur Lindbergh with an iron fist, and notable for its strictly enforced bedtime, public floggings, and compulsory gun ownership. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 19.564 billion Terhoonians 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 large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Terrahoo. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 45.6%.

The all-consuming Terhoonian economy, worth a remarkable 1,413 trillion Ternas a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 72,257 Ternas, with the richest citizens earning 7.1 times as much as the poorest.

The transit system is throwing poor people under the bus, politicians stage photo ops featuring barely functional fighter jets, the leaders of Terhoon are given the nod by their predecessors, and the fattest folk in Terhoon look to be the happiest ones. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Terhoon's national animal is the Fox.

Terhoon is ranked 23,266^th in the world and 9^th in Tarkin for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 4,885.79 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.