The Republic of Tuqo is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by President Lucius with an even hand, and remarkable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, prohibition of alcohol, and anti-smoking policies. The hard-nosed, democratic, humorless population of 4.082 billion Tuqoans enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Reuk. The average income tax rate is 98.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Tuqoan economy, worth 746 trillion Hiroes a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing and Trout Farming. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 182,818 Hiroes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Preschools put children down for naps with milk, cookies, and a gruesome story of vengeance, prices for nearly everything reach all-time highs as business tax breaks are discontinued, it's been a banner year for local vexillology, and immigrants who carry knives on them are presumed to be chefs. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tuqo's national animal is the Owl, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Tuqo is ranked 289,001^st in the world and 297^th in The Union of Democratic States for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 3,107.92 Standard Monetary Units.