The Republic of Tezlafia is a huge, efficient nation, notable for its complete lack of prisons, compulsory military service, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 785 million Tezlafians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of District of Salamanderian. The average income tax rate is 66.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Tezlafian economy, worth 85.4 trillion Tezzy Bucks a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 108,756 Tezzy Bucks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Belief that Leader is a lizard-person from outer space has reached an all-time high, citizens no longer take selfies with their dead relatives at funerals, every new building project has to undergo a five-year environmental impact study before it can go ahead, and urban planners beg for just one more lane before bedtime. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Tezlafia's national animal is the The Salamander, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Tezlafia is ranked 24,090^th in the world and 171^st in the Plains of Perdition for Safest, scoring 111.55 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.