The District of Tarentaurus is a titanic, genial nation, ruled by Liard with an even hand, and renowned for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, state-planned economy, and ban on automobiles. The compassionate population of 18.846 billion northmen, 17.931 billion of whom are zombies, 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 medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of District City. The average income tax rate is 34.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Tarentaurusian economy, worth a remarkable 2,428 trillion aurums 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 Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Pizza Delivery. Average income is 50,938 aurums, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Hiding wrinkles with make-up is illegal, the term "Native Northman" has been redefined as anyone with the same skin color as the majority, it is against the rules of boxing to hit above or below the belt, and the only issue that Liard has is that there aren't enough issues (Tarentaurus has found 3 easter eggs). Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Tarentaurus's national animal is the bovina, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Tarentaurus is ranked 194,011^th in the world and 1^st in Tarentaurus for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring 86.27 on the Clooney Contribution Index.