The Republic of TEP425 is a huge, orderly nation, renowned for its lack of airports, disturbing lack of elderly people, and suspicion of poets. The cynical, humorless population of 833 million TEP425ians 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, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 39.9%.

The powerhouse TEP425ian economy, worth 76.8 trillion pounds a year, is dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Trout Farming, Information Technology, and Cheese Exports. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 92,255 pounds, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 301,068 per year while the poor average 21,266, a ratio of 14.2 to 1.

Prime commercial land is being swamped with archaeological teams, it ain't easy to be green enough to be imported into TEP425, you can't put down the nation's attitude to pet health, and office thieves tell their employers kleptomania is a pregnancy symptom. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. TEP425's national animal is the kiwi, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

TEP425 is ranked 52,382^nd in the world and 364^th in Pablo for Most Advanced Defense Forces, scoring 5,492.09 on the Total War Preparedness Rating.