The Paradise of Grey Haven of Tauraucania is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Serafim Tibúrcio da Costa with an iron fist, and remarkable for its soft-spoken computers, keen interest in outer space, and pith helmet sales. The compassionate, cynical population of 8.546 billion Tauraucanese are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The large, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Manhuaçu. The average income tax rate is 92.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Tauraucanese economy, worth a remarkable 1,407 trillion Reais 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 Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Arms Manufacturing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 164,641 Reais, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

CSI Forest is this year's hit new crime show, both criminals and civilians are DOA, politicians are often seen attending regional history classes at primary schools within their constituencies, and hotels often double as quarantine zones. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Grey Haven of Tauraucania's national animal is the Capivara, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Coffee.

Grey Haven of Tauraucania is ranked 5,199^th in the world and 1^st in Zakantian Redoubt for Lowest Crime Rates, with 115.61 law-abiding acts per hour.