The Lucky and Magnificent SFR of Taustria is a colossal, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its digital currency, free-roaming dinosaurs, and multi-spousal wedding ceremonies. The compassionate, democratic population of 3.175 billion sentient human beings love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Narwhal. The average income tax rate is 93.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Taustrian economy, worth 639 trillion T£s a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Tourism, and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 201,501 T£s, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Diplomats shake hands with their right and hide a poison dagger in their left, signatures have been replaced with illegible scribbles, park rangers struggle to deal with a rash of stolen pic-a-nic baskets, and Leader has been nicknamed 'Robomop'. Crime is totally unknown. Taustria's national animal is the pyromaniac, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Taustria is ranked 322,037^th in the world and 535^th in The Communist Bloc for Highest Drug Use, scoring 6.16 on the Pineapple Fondness Rating.