The Federation of Terre des Riches is a very large, safe nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, otherworldly petting zoo, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed population of 198 million Terre des Richesians 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 medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 32.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Terre des Richesian economy, worth 12.0 trillion Argents a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 60,715 Argents, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

CEOs and corporate executives are frequently found striking for better stock options, autumn landscape paintings feature men stripping leaves from bare branches with a vacuum, teenage male videogamers often suffer repetitive strain wrist injuries, and the government seizes all major gold finds. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Terre des Riches's national animal is the Okapi, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Terre des Riches is ranked 48,755^th in the world and 1,536^th in The North Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 151.26 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.