The Republic of Taray is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Maximilian Bellerose with a fair hand, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, sprawling nuclear power plants, and ban on automobiles. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.253 billion Tarayānī 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 Administration, Education, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Collis Sīdereus. The average income tax rate is 95.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Tarayānum economy, worth 163 trillion lībras 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 led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 130,799 lībras, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Government officials sit helplessly as they are labelled 'Pompous Womples' by celebrities, there's no cure or sympathy for the common cold, the seventh son of a seventh son is fated to be a millionaire, and married couples must call each other "darling" or risk a fine. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Taray's national animal is the lupus, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Atheism.

Taray is ranked 274,402^nd in the world and 492^nd in Sophia for Most Primitive, scoring -270.68 on the Scary Big Number Scale.