The Republic of Tavok is a titanic, safe nation, ruled by President Ilyra Solen with a fair hand, and notable for its daily referendums, keen interest in outer space, and otherworldly petting zoo. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, cheerful population of 16.351 billion Tavs hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tyyrik. The average income tax rate is 26.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Tav economy, worth a remarkable 5,367 trillion kovs a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 328,291 kovs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.6 times as much as the poorest.

Recreational drug businesses are regularly pruned if they grow above the maximum legal size, a popular Tav saying is 'wishing upon a fallen jet engine', referenda can be called for any law at the request of at least one third of the voting population, and apprentice builders get teased for wearing hard hats. Crime is totally unknown. Tavok's national animal is the cloudveil leopard, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Tavok is ranked 2,499^th in the world and 3^rd in Eurth for Most Developed, scoring 97.71 on the Human Development Index.