The Republic of Taurorum is a huge, cultured nation, ruled by Governor General Pierre Mason with a fair hand, and remarkable for its frequent executions, zero percent divorce rate, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 812 million Taurorons are known throughout the region for their efficiency and work ethic, as well as their general suspicion of leisure.

The relatively small government prioritizes Education, although Healthcare, Law & Order, and Welfare are also considered important, while Spirituality receives no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Taurorum City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 9.9%.

The strong Taurorumian economy, worth 53.8 trillion Taurorum Gilders a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Arms Manufacturing, and Tourism. Average income is 66,279 Taurorum Gilders, with the richest citizens earning 7.5 times as much as the poorest.

Protests are legal but strictly supervised, mouldy bread is served as an appetizer in many restaurants, the water doesn't come out of the faucet with the same rush that it used to, and the Federal Council of Taurorum has been announced as the new Head of State. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control. Taurorum's national animal is the Bull, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Taurorum is ranked 272,040^th in the world and 2^nd in The Nationstates Shopping Mall for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 9.92 Effective Tax Rate.