The Dominion of Taulover is a titanic, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Lord Tau with a fair hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, anti-smoking policies, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 24.909 billion Tau 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 enormous, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Arcadia. The average income tax rate is 75.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but underdeveloped Tau economy, worth 791 trillion Credits a year, is quite specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Tourism, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 31,772 Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Prime commercial land is being swamped with archaeological teams, prison visits increase substantially during election years, Taulover's famous countrysides are shrouded by wind farms, and strict term limits have been applied to all elected offices. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Taulover's national animal is the Space Emu, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Taulover is ranked 188,226^th in the world and 5^th in Potatostates for Largest Black Market, with 592 billion Standard Monetary Units.