Tan Republic



"Oh darn. It isn't that they're evil, kid, just because they want to conquer everyone else and steal everything they have. I think they just don't know any better. It's a tragic flaw in their character, that's beyond their control. That's why they're better off being dead. Also, the Tan Republic's been starting the war machines to make sure that the Tans would rise against the Greens. It looks like the Tan Republic would be siding with the Coalition of the Red Star to enslave all of us. We gotta beat 'em up before they would destroy us all. For Sarge's sake."

--Su Ji-Hoon, The Commander Returns

The Tan Republic, also known as The Tan Nation, is a large nation in the Plastic World. It is known as the main and most powerful enemy of the Green Nation. The Tans are vastly ahead of the Greens in terms of weaponry and manpower. They are ruled by the mighty tan commander, General Plastro. Because  early Army Men games appear to be based around WWII technology, it's safe to say that the Tans are representing the Axis Powers (Germany, Japan, etc.). They start the current war with the Greens when they invade in three main areas of the Green Nation (the desert, alpine, and bayou regions). At the beginning of the game they have a partial alliance with the Blue Information Network, though this alliance becomes fluid through the series. According to Army Men: World War, their country is located in a western area of the Plastic World.

In Army Men: Toys in Space, the Republic's drive for world domination is bolstered by the alliance between it and the technologically superior Space Aliens made by the tyrant General himself, effectively strengthening the Republican war machine... and should have erased the Green Nation from the map, had Sarge and Tina Tomorrow's Galactic Army not intervened and smashed the alien empire to pieces in their homeworld. Unfortunately for the Tans, they did, and Plastro was soon left with only a tank and a handful of troops as he saw the fall of the Alien Overlord unfold.

In When the Cold Breeze Blows Away, the Tan Republic also joins the Coalition of the Red Star.