The Republic of Taustrian Blockade Runner is a huge, orderly nation, notable for its state-planned economy and stringent health and safety legislation. The cynical population of 982 million Taustrian Blockade Runnerians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The medium-sized, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 33.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Taustrian Blockade Runnerian economy, worth 9.57 trillion rubles a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Trout Farming, Cheese Exports, Furniture Restoration, and Beef-Based Agriculture. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 9,746 rubles, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Taustrian Blockade Runner's national animal is the kangaroo.

Taustrian Blockade Runner is ranked 99,642^nd in the world and 1^st in Ingsoc for Most Accessible, scoring 310.48 on the Keller-Reeve Index.