The Theocracy of Tacitus is a massive, orderly nation, notable for its frequent executions, soft-spoken computers, and ban on automobiles. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 1.492 billion Tacitusians 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 large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 68.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Tacitusian economy, worth 146 trillion lire a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Cheese Exports, and Woodchip Exports. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 98,386 lire, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.4 times as much as the poorest.

Cheese lovers have a case of the bleus, urban graffiti is hand-calligraphed in perfectly kerned elegant fonts, a baby's first breath is also a baby's first felony, and CSI Forest is this year's hit new crime show. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tacitus's national animal is the eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Tacitus is ranked 69,317^th in the world and 24^th in Historia for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 138.5 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.