The Allied States of Terminal Leave is a massive, socially progressive nation, renowned for its complete lack of public education and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 3.741 billion Terminal Leaveans are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The minute, well-organized government, or what there is of one, prioritizes Law & Order, with Industry also on the agenda, while Spirituality and Welfare aren't funded at all. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 7.2%.

The thriving Terminal Leavean economy, worth 139 trillion Euros a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is quite specialized and led by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 37,182 Euros, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 107,684 per year while the poor average 10,174, a ratio of 10.6 to 1.

Crime is a serious problem. Terminal Leave's national animal is the Dog, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Terminal Leave is ranked 110,406^th in the world and 14^th in Renegade Islands Alliance for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 50 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.