The Remnant of Taledonia is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Lord Protector Vollox with an even hand, and remarkable for its enslaved workforce, conspicuous electricity pylons, and otherworldly petting zoo. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless population of 46.722 billion Taledonians 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 minute, corrupt government, or what there is of one, juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Taledon. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Taledonian economy, worth an astonishing 15,689 trillion talons a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 335,809 talons, with the richest citizens earning 8.3 times as much as the poorest.

Social networking companies are at the mercy of government bureaucracy, songs in 4/4 time are simply too common for the musical cognoscenti, prosecutors are tucked into bed by the household police officer, and gamblers often find their stakes burnt. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Taledonia's national animal is the wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Taledonia is ranked 331,842^nd in the world and 9^th in The Milky Way Galaxy for Nicest Citizens, with 0.1 average smiles per day.