The People's Republic of Taggaland is a massive, socially progressive nation, notable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, irreverence towards religion, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.767 billion Taggalandians 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 enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 73.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Taggalandian economy, worth 52.3 trillion Labor Marks 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 Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Cheese Exports, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 29,577 Labor Marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

On-duty Air Taggaland flight attendants are usually seen napping in first class, the Fashion Channel can only be viewed on widescreen TVs, employers are finding it hard to screen candidates now that everyone gets A grades in their exams, and Taggaland has been recently classified as an international menace after 'liberating' several nearby territories. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Taggaland's national animal is the turtle, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Taggaland is ranked 249,327^th in the world and 1,340^th in the Outback for Most Cultured, scoring 63 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.