The Most Serene Republic of Taeron is a large, genial nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, absence of drug laws, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 126 million Taeronians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The medium-sized, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 34.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Taeronian economy, worth 6.10 trillion Taeras a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Retail. Average income is 48,426 Taeras, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Lawyers spend as much time preparing their make-up as they do their briefs, the armed forces have designated 'murder teams' that root out rebels in Brasilistan, captured Brasilistani POWs are staying in 5-star hotels, and the demands of climate protestors are measured in spray-paint can sales. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Taeron's national animal is the Taeronian Black Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Taeron is ranked 319,041^st in the world and 158^th in Democratic Socialist Assembly for Largest Black Market, with 3.00 billion Standard Monetary Units.