The State of Taklimak is a gargantuan, orderly nation, notable for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 11.736 billion Taklimakians 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 enormous, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 71.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but stagnant Taklimakian economy, worth 214 trillion betales a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 18,238 betales, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Military spending is on the increase, Harry Potter books are banned, military spending recently hit a new high, and Maxtopian tourists make expensive pilgrimages to Taklimak City to enjoy their national art. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Taklimak's national animal is the deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Taklimak is ranked 50,711^th in the world and 2^nd in Congo for Safest, scoring 102.72 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.