The Lucky and Magnificent SFR of Taustria is a colossal, cultured nation, renowned for its ban on automobiles, prohibition of alcohol, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 3.086 billion sentient human beings love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Narwhal. The average income tax rate is 93.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Taustrian economy, worth 612 trillion T£s 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 dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Tourism, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 198,627 T£s, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Voting is voluntary, Taustrian watches are often the only thing to survive a disaster intact, a primitive society is being eroded as its youth flock to the modern world, and referenda are held for every conceivable government action. Crime is totally unknown. Taustria's national animal is the pyromaniac, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Taustria is ranked 162,125^th in the world and 1^st in Kool Kids Klub for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 739.04 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.