The Holy Red to Purple Roll of Tape is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Ottaviano Cordelia with a fair hand, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, irreverence towards religion, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-working, democratic population of 1.432 billion Tapeians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The large, corrupt, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Healthcare, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tapetopia. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 71.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Tapeian economy, worth 140 trillion Golds a year, is quite specialized and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is 97,840 Golds, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 302,102 per year while the poor average 24,446, a ratio of 12.4 to 1.

In a baffling press conference Ottaviano Cordelia proudly dismantled a broken door, census workers struggle to account for the rapidly increasing number of citizens to tabulate, parties on cruise ships go off with a real bang, and citizens drive tank-like vehicles with mounted machine guns. Crime is a problem, probably because of the absence of a police force. Tape's national animal is the Bat, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Tapeianity.

Tape is ranked 66,225^th in the world and 3,140^th in The North Pacific for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 4,221.61 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.