The Dominion of The Tablelands is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by The Sorcerer King with an even hand, and notable for its ritual sacrifices, state-planned economy, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed population of 8.562 billion Tablelandsians 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 Defense, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tyr. The average income tax rate is 25.5%.

The very strong Tablelandsian economy, worth 680 trillion gold pieces a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, fairly diversified black market in Information Technology, Tourism, Soda Sales, and Book Publishing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 79,427 gold pieces, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.6 times as much as the poorest.

The tenet of free speech is held dear, an increasing percentage of the population's youth have homosexual parents, holidaymakers sleep curled up on the floor as hotel beds are replaced with oversized bookcases, and hidden bedroom-cams are installed to catch mothers doing their kids' homework. Crime, especially youth-related, is a problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. The Tablelands's national animal is the dragon, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is The Tablelands.

The Tablelands is ranked 58,870^th in the world and 4^th in Athas for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 1,720.72 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.