The Greater State of Telonovia is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by Marshal Zelista Horken with an iron fist, and remarkable for its compulsory military service, pith helmet sales, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 6.263 billion Telonovians 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 medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lomania. The average income tax rate is 69.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Telonovian economy, worth a remarkable 1,045 trillion Stalisias a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is extensive. Average income is an impressive 166,980 Stalisias, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.2 times as much as the poorest.

Vanity is considered the fifth cardinal virtue, the government recently relinquished its monopoly on the mail service, the military refers to helpless combatants offering surrender as "sitting ducks", and people forget to eat because they are too busy singing Marshal Zelista Horken's praises. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Telonovia's national animal is the Red Fox, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Atheism.

Telonovia is ranked 17,320^th in the world and 433^rd in the South Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 303.67 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.