The Empire of Tarasovka is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by the Vasilevs of all Taraskovya with an even hand, and remarkable for its smutty television, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and pith helmet sales. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless population of 41.864 billion Taraskovyans are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The tiny, corrupt government is dominated by the Department of Defense, with Education and Industry also on the agenda, while Spirituality and Social Policy are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vigvar. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 1.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Taraskovyan economy, worth an astonishing 13,401 trillion Taraskovyan francs a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Retail. Average income is an amazing 320,114 Taraskovyan francs, with the richest citizens earning 6.4 times as much as the poorest.

The Vasilevs of all Taraskovya is famed for giving great back rubs, glittering new sports stadiums adorn every city and town, space shuttles regularly launch rubbish into space, and political speeches always take place at sunset to a background of patriotic power ballads. Crime is totally unknown. Tarasovka's national animal is the Black Wolf, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Taraskovyan Orthodoxy.

Tarasovka is ranked 21,312^th in the world and 6^th in The Vast for Lowest Crime Rates, with 83 law-abiding acts per hour.