The Magnificent SFR of Taustria is a colossal, cultured nation, renowned for its museums and concert halls, ban on automobiles, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate, democratic population of 3.044 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, 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 93.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Taustrian economy, worth 599 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 impressive 196,997 T£s, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Brains have been removed from lists of best brain foods, male cubicle workers stand up every time a woman enters the room, farting etiquette is taught in schools, and animal control is going door-to-door releasing all pets back into the wild. Crime is totally unknown. Taustria's national animal is the pyromaniac, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Taustria is ranked 11,576^th in the world and 75^th in The Communist Bloc for Highest Average Incomes, with 196,997.25 Standard Monetary Units.