The Grand Duchy of Taun Trident is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Griff with an iron fist, and notable for its strictly enforced bedtime, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 4.519 billion Taun Tridentians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tau-qu-burg. The average income tax rate is 48.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Taun Tridentian economy, worth 305 trillion Golds a year, is quite specialized and led by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Uranium Mining, and Basket Weaving. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 67,658 Golds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.2 times as much as the poorest.

Residents of ageing concrete tower blocks have vital renovation work stopped by Brutalism enthusiasts, people regularly disappear off the streets and all evidence of them is destroyed, commemoration of the Great Osiris War costs almost as much as the war itself, and supermarkets and large corporate farms are a thing of the past. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Taun Trident's national animal is the Crow, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Azuer.

Taun Trident is ranked 315,034^th in the world and 17,066^th in Osiris for Nicest Citizens, with 0.55 average smiles per day.