Tamási, named after St. Thomas, has a population of approximately 9,200 people and is located just 30 kilometers east of Lake Balaton. The town was founded during the Roman era, and the Catholic church in the town center is built on the ruins of a Roman-founded temple.
Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Tamási and Hungary as a whole have been governed as a parliamentary democracy with free elections. Hungary is a member of both NATO and the European Union.