The Free Republic of Tara is a mammoth, safe nation, ruled by First Minister Kevin Kilrain with a fair hand, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and absence of drug laws. The hard-working, democratic, devout population of 8.853 billion Tarans hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Welfare, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Temair. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 13.8%.

The strong Taran economy, worth 560 trillion euromarks a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Information Technology. Average income is 63,278 euromarks, with the richest citizens earning 5.6 times as much as the poorest.

Conspiracy theorists allege that the government is spying on them through their carbon monoxide detectors, religious leaders order congregants to love any neighbour who is just like themselves, the price of takeaway food quadruples after 6pm, and the government regularly hires contractors to construct high rise apartments. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Tara's national animal is the ram, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is New Avalon Catholic Church.

Tara is ranked 43,459^th in the world and 4^th in Ireland for Highest Drug Use, scoring 294.23 on the Pineapple Fondness Rating.