The Most Serene Republic of Taeron is a very large, safe nation, renowned for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, sprawling nuclear power plants, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 211 million Taeronians 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 medium-sized, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 41.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Taeronian economy, worth 14.2 trillion Taeras 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 Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Retail. Average income is 67,188 Taeras, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Schoolboys who turn to watch pretty girls go by are given detention, the nation's democracy attracts huddled masses yearning to breathe free, police struggle to solve crimes due to the lack of fingerprint records, and universities spend millions cultivating ivy on their buildings. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Taeron's national animal is the Taeronian Black Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Taeron is ranked 84,666^th in the world and 118^th in Democratic Socialist Assembly for Lowest Crime Rates, with 70.35 law-abiding acts per hour.