The Least Serene Republic of Tmutarakhan is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Sidney Hussein Robinette with a fair hand, and notable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, keen interest in outer space, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, democratic, humorless population of 35.662 billion Tmutarakhanians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Social Policy, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Phanagoria. The average income tax rate is 90.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Tmutarakhanian economy, worth a remarkable 4,393 trillion m and ms a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity. The industrial sector is solely comprised of the Book Publishing industry. Average income is an impressive 123,184 m and ms, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Sidney Hussein Robinette's campaign events reach their climax when the celebrity endorsers reveal themselves, young children are learning advanced physics to scientifically disprove the existence of Santa Claus, orthopaedics patients often have a bounce in their step, and the Gallery of Instasnap is the most popular museum in the country. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tmutarakhan's national animal is the tripod, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Fundamentalist Taoism.

Tmutarakhan is ranked 10,503^rd in the world and 1^st in The Nudist Dreamland for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 9,487.12 on the Gilded Widget Scale.