The Borderlands of Tarha is a colossal, orderly nation, notable for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 3.291 billion Tarhans are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Law & Order, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 69.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Tarhan economy, worth 99.7 trillion Tarhiniums a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is dominated by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 30,287 Tarhiniums, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Children have nightmares about the eerie red glow and constant whirring of newly-installed machines, welfare funding has recently gone through the roof, getting an autograph has become harder than ever, and elections have been outlawed. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tarha's national animal is the Walkers, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Tarha is ranked 67,655^th in the world and 63^rd in Horizon for Most Corrupt Governments, with 30.77 kickbacks per hour.