The Empire of Tarasovka is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by the Vasilevs of all Taraskovya with an even hand, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, sprawling nuclear power plants, and daily referendums. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless population of 44.164 billion Taraskovyans have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The tiny, corrupt government is primarily concerned with Defense, with Education, Industry, and Administration also on the agenda, while Spirituality and Social Policy aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vigvar. The average income tax rate is 4.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Taraskovyan economy, worth an astonishing 14,997 trillion Taraskovyan francs a year, 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 339,595 Taraskovyan francs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.9 times as much as the poorest.

The government is washing its hands of alleged corruption, biotech companies are fined if their jumbled genetic sequences look too familiar, rebuilding efforts for a recently destroyed cathedral aren't expected to be completed for another century, and business owners return from long vacations to find their factories have been turned into homeless shelters. 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 10,606^th in the world and 4^th in The Vast for Lowest Crime Rates, with 99.96 law-abiding acts per hour.