The Democratic States of Terlibe is a titanic, efficient nation, ruled by President Theodore Franklin with a fair hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, keen interest in outer space, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 14.386 billion Terlibians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, liberal, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Libertatis. The average income tax rate is 95.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Terlibean economy, worth a remarkable 1,589 trillion Mallers a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing and Information Technology. Average income is an impressive 110,505 Mallers, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The new national campaign exhorts men to "Show Some Class - Don't Sit On Your Ass", it is believed that belligerence is a passing phase foreign leaders will soon outgrow, people have become comfortably numb, and trails to natural wonders are littered with trash from reality film crews. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Terlibe's national animal is the Giraffe, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Terlibe is ranked 1,647^th in the world and 12^th in Democratic Socialist Assembly for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring 3,923.28 on the Clooney Contribution Index.