The Tamalean Duchy of Falernesia is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Honorable Duke Jacob Wagner with an iron fist, and remarkable for its ubiquitous missile silos, anti-smoking policies, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 1.849 billion Falernians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Brasburn. The average income tax rate is 69.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Falernian economy, worth 245 trillion Fahs a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 132,842 Fahs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

Citizens are expected to be proficient in at least five languages, major cities are suffering under water rationing, blind dates reemerge as a necessary evil in the quest for love, and the nation's generous tax credits have brought all the film studios to the yard. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Falernesia's national animal is the Faltsen Jaguar, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Falernian Chirstianity.

Falernesia is ranked 229,705^th in the world and 156^th in The Kodiak Republic for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring -2.42 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.