The Infinite Storyteller of Tanzaka is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by Cassandra Adler with an iron fist, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, free-roaming dinosaurs, and smutty television. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 5.572 billion Tanzakans 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, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rätswig. The average income tax rate is 94.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Tanzakan economy, worth a remarkable 1,827 trillion RaigleMarks a year, is broadly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Retail. Average income is an amazing 327,897 RaigleMarks, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,376,756 per year while the poor average 50,752, a ratio of 27.1 to 1.

Genetic research is facing major headwinds, retail boutiques encourage citizens to honor their military veterans by purchasing flag-patterned underwear, the government has pulled the plug on the auto industry, and children are expected to carve their own toys. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tanzaka's national animal is the Tanzakan Eagle, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Kinzerian Cult of Personality.

Tanzaka is ranked 285,405^th in the world and 23^rd in Yggdrasil for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 24.7 on the Bus Surprisal Index.