The Democratic States of Termathe is a huge, genial nation, renowned for its museums and concert halls, state-planned economy, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 556 million Termatheans enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The large, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New York. The average income tax rate is 64.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Termathean economy, worth 52.7 trillion dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 94,851 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The hardest thing for a mining operation to dig through is government red tape, smoking is banned in public areas, mining safety laws are often more expensive than what's being mined, and much of Termathe's computer network is controlled by a rampant artificial intelligence. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Termathe's national animal is the Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Termathe is ranked 71,275^th in the world and 3,600^th in The North Pacific for Most Politically Free, scoring 69.05 on the Diebold Election Inking Scale.