The Republic of TAKTIC-72 is a titanic, genial nation, renowned for its ubiquitous missile silos, suspicion of poets, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 10.509 billion TAKTIC-72ians 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 medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 42.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse TAKTIC-72ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,062 trillion Delta Eagles 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, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Beef-Based Agriculture, Tourism, and Information Technology. 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 an impressive 101,129 Delta Eagles, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Some are born loving old plays and some have old plays thrust upon them, displaying impatience in any form lands you a spot on the T7IA watchlist, sermons are regularly interrupted by businessmen taking phone calls, and Tetris has been banned for its graphic violent content. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. TAKTIC-72's national animal is the Kitsune, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

TAKTIC-72 is ranked 64,849^th in the world and 1^st in White for Highest Average Incomes, with 101,129.95 Standard Monetary Units.