The United Communes of Talahara is a mammoth, safe nation, notable for its state-planned economy, irreverence towards religion, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 9.975 billion Talaharans are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Maktarim. The average income tax rate is 70.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but underdeveloped Talaharan economy, worth 306 trillion Rubrics a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Retail. Average income is 30,746 Rubrics, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Cyber-crime and tin-foil hat sales are both increasing at record rates, citizens are exhausted from weekly general elections, the government has declined to declare any particular religion as its 'official' one, and the Federal Council of Talahara has been announced as the new Head of State. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Talahara's national animal is the Rubric lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Talahara is ranked 10,702^nd in the world and 2^nd in Ajax for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 8,195.62 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.