The People's Republic of Tasmania and Bass Strait is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Arthur Mortimer with an even hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, daily referendums, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 3.677 billion Tasmanian and Bass Straitians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Nipaluna. The average income tax rate is 92.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Tasmania and Bass Straitian economy, worth 241 trillion Djeris a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Information Technology. Average income is 65,555 Djeris, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Home renovation projects take decades to complete, citizens are allowed to rise or fall based on their own merits, the minority inevitably have their addenda vetoed, and economic planning is exalted as a human art form. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tasmania and Bass Strait's national animal is the Tasmanian Devil, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Indigenous beliefs and Buddhism.

Tasmania and Bass Strait is ranked 284,528^th in the world and 1,315^th in The Communist Bloc for Most Patriotic, with 0.39 flags saluted per person per day.