The Remnant of Taledonia is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Lord Protector Vollox with an even hand, and remarkable for its compulsory military service, public floggings, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless population of 42.444 billion Taledonians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The minute, corrupt government, or what there is of one, prioritizes Defense, although Law & Order is also considered important, while Welfare and Social Policy receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Taledon. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Taledonian economy, worth an astonishing 14,144 trillion talons a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Retail. Average income is an amazing 333,261 talons, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 2,023,158 per year while the poor average 24,428, a ratio of 82.8 to 1.

The question "please would you...?" is usually laden with passive aggression, supermarkets and large corporate farms are a thing of the past, frustrated teenage boys are told that if they like it then they should have put a ring on it, and women don't report crimes to the emergency services for fear of being arrested. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Taledonia's national animal is the wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Taledonia is ranked 5,092^nd in the world and 1^st in The Milky Way Galaxy for Most Beautiful Environments, with 2,388.37 pounds of wildlife per square mile.