The Quercus of Tall Oaks is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by Quercus with an iron fist, and notable for its rampant corporate plagiarism, frequent executions, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 8.257 billion Tall Oaksians 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 Industry, Defense, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Buxton-with-Lamas. The average income tax rate is 67.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Tall Oaksian economy, worth a remarkable 1,366 trillion Acorns a year, is fairly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Information Technology, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 165,459 Acorns, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

Every workday begins with group therapy, cops with assault weaponry are forcing their way into private homes to search for terrorists, political clichés like "band-aid solutions" and "adrenaline shots to the economy" are headed for the dumpster, and voting for pro-Bigtopian candidates is voluntary. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tall Oaks's national animal is the Red Squirrel, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Acornism.

Tall Oaks is ranked 274,801^st in the world and 293^rd in Forest for Safest, scoring 7.68 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.