The Republic of The Free State of Terra Australis is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Prime Minister De Angeli with a fair hand, and renowned for its free-roaming dinosaurs, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 2.113 billion Australians 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, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sydney. The average income tax rate is 57.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Free State of Terra Australisian economy, worth 265 trillion Dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 125,515 Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government is hoping that medical aid will speak louder than human rights abuses, new safety regulations require all cars manufactured in The Free State of Terra Australis to be bombproof, literature classes frequently go on field trips to rock concerts, and builders across The Free State of Terra Australis are blocked up with orders for new public loos. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Free State of Terra Australis's national animal is the Kangaroo, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

The Free State of Terra Australis is ranked 7,808^th in the world and 12^th in Philosophers for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 56.96 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.