The Royal Kingdom of Taur- is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by Emperor Darius VIII with an iron fist, and renowned for its rum-swilling pirates, zero percent divorce rate, and fear of technology. The compassionate, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 2.503 billion Taurans are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The relatively small, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Irontail. The average income tax rate is 16.6%.

The strong Tauran economy, worth 161 trillion Ests a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Basket Weaving, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 64,613 Ests, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.7 times as much as the poorest.

Grocery stores can be audibly identified by the giggling emerging from them, a ban on unsolicited cold calling in all forms is in effect, wedding bands come in pairs to form wedding manacles, and the judicial system legislates morality. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Taur-'s national animal is the Lion.

Taur- is ranked 106,016^th in the world and 1^st in The Lands Of Combeara for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 2,144.75 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.