The Allied States of Tletchlen is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Sir Drekstomp with a fair hand, and remarkable for its ubiquitous missile silos, sprawling nuclear power plants, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 974 million Tletchlenians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tivenik. The average income tax rate is 66.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Tletchlenian economy, worth 125 trillion Raums a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 129,166 Raums, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Citizens are strongly encouraged to breathe less so as to limit the carbon footprint, police officers often conceal their identities to safeguard against public complaints, the military has gone fission for more funding, and there's more than one way to skin a diplomat. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tletchlen's national animal is the Boreal Piebald Moose, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Tletchlen is ranked 11,020^th in the world and 457^th in The North Pacific for Nicest Citizens, with 29.77 average smiles per day.