The Dictatorship of Taravan is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Nikolaj Torson with an iron fist, and renowned for its ban on automobiles, irreverence towards religion, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, cynical population of 1.86 billion Taravan are ruled with an iron fist by the socialist government, which grants its people the freedom to do whatever they like so long as it doesn't involve getting richer than anybody else or challenging the government.

The large, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of UUH. The average income tax rate is 58.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Taravanian economy, worth 60.9 trillion Kittens a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Uranium Mining, Pizza Delivery, Soda Sales, and Information Technology. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 32,725 Kittens, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Farting etiquette is taught in schools, lovesick people are told 'it's not them, it's you', terrified neighbors cower behind concertina wire and machine gun nests, and the nation faces constant invasions by foreign boy bands. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Taravan's national animal is the Kitten, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Taravan is ranked 287,353^rd in the world and 33^rd in Valaryia for Highest Average Incomes, with 32,725.2 Standard Monetary Units.