The Isle of Tesleya is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Lord Talmai Goni with an even hand, and notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and absence of drug laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 3.652 billion Tesleyans have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Welfare, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Shal. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 16.8%.

The strong Tesleyan economy, worth 230 trillion ferroes a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Cheese Exports, Pizza Delivery, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 63,132 ferroes, with the richest citizens earning 5.9 times as much as the poorest.

Tehom-Elism has been named as Tesleya's national religion, school children across the country are staging hunger strikes to protest government-mandated salads, disputed territories across Target Region 5 are being claimed by Tesleyan college students, and pre-schoolers who draw stick figures of their favorite celebrities are sued for infringing image rights. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tesleya's national animal is the sea cow, which can occasionally be seen avoiding garbage in the nation's murky oceans, and its national religion is Tehom-Elism.

Tesleya is ranked 136,951^st in the world and 1^st in Target Region 5 for Lowest Crime Rates, with 62.09 law-abiding acts per hour.