The Republic of Tancy is a huge, cultured nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, flagrant waste-dumping, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 503 million Tancyians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 34.3%.

The powerhouse Tancyian economy, worth 47.4 trillion Bombs a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Uranium Mining, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 94,279 Bombs, with the richest citizens earning 6.4 times as much as the poorest.

A girl's success in life is often linked to her performance in beauty pageants, terrified neighbors cower behind concertina wire and arrow loops, torture is illegal, and billions are being spent on a new island airport. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Tancy's national animal is the Sharon The Slave x Owion The Onion 4ever, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Tancy is ranked 325,989^th in the world and 38^th in Antisipation Refounded for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring -7.75 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.