The Commonwealth of Taegus is a huge, safe nation, remarkable for its irreverence towards religion. The hard-working, democratic population of 630 million Taegusians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 15.1%.

The Taegusian economy, worth 33.4 trillion Dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Pizza Delivery industry, with major contributions from Furniture Restoration, Automobile Manufacturing, and Soda Sales. Average income is 53,030 Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.2 times as much as the poorest.

Crime is well under control. Taegus's national animal is the White Pelican, which can occasionally be seen dodging aircraft in the nation's cities.

Taegus is ranked 147,261^st in the world and 3^rd in Taegus for Smartest Citizens, with 30.24 quips per hour.