The Borderlands of Taurgur is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by the Presence of Taurgur with an iron fist, and remarkable for its compulsory military service, frequent executions, and fear of technology. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 16.925 billion the Losts are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, although Spirituality, Environment, and Law & Order are also considered important, while Healthcare and Welfare are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of the Heart of Taurgur. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 13.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Taurgurian economy, worth a remarkable 1,982 trillion deaths a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Furniture Restoration. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 117,116 deaths, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 442,660 per year while the poor average 21,558, a ratio of 20.5 to 1.

Hospitals have unveiled new guidelines suggesting that latex gloves do not count as clothing, the "war on terror" doesn't seem to be making the Losts any less frightened, gardeners must genetically test weeds for unique traits before digging them up, and hunters often become the hunted. Crime is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Taurgur's national animal is the lost soul, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Suicide by Dissapearance.

Taurgur is ranked 340,491^st in the world and 331^st in Forest for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring -47.75 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.