The Holy Empire of TerraAustra is a massive, efficient nation, notable for its compulsory military service, state-planned economy, and soft-spoken computers. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 1.02 billion TerraAustrans are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, moralistic, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. The average income tax rate is 55.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong TerraAustran economy, worth 72.2 trillion AustraCoins a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 70,814 AustraCoins, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Newlywed misogynists complain about their wives keeping their maiden names, retirement homes are often fitted with luxurious suites, the national census includes an opt-in to join the government-run dating service, and the government tells its citizens to 'forgive and forget'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. TerraAustra's national animal is the penguin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

TerraAustra is ranked 247,318^th in the world and 8,206^th in Osiris for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 25.62 on the Bus Surprisal Index.