The Republic of T-72 is a titanic, safe nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, complete lack of prisons, and suspicion of poets. The hard-working population of 14.492 billion T-72ians 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, Defense, and Education. The average income tax rate is 30.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The T-72ian economy, worth 740 trillion AP Shells a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Uranium Mining industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Woodchip Exports, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 51,063 AP Shells, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

No suburban lawn is complete without barbed wire and landmines, cities in T-72 declare independence based on interpretation of the historic meaning of cave paintings, police conduct weekly raids looking for contraband cheeseburgers, and the nation is ravaged by daily union strikes. Crime is totally unknown. T-72's national animal is the Tank, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

T-72 is ranked 240,693^rd in the world and 12^th in Stargate for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 201.77 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.