The Borderlands of Taurgur is a gargantuan, orderly nation, ruled by the Presence of Taurgur with an iron fist, and remarkable for its ban on automobiles, absence of drug laws, and exploding hoverboards. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 15.347 billion the Losts are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, although Spirituality and Law & Order are also considered important, while Welfare and Healthcare receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of the Heart of Taurgur. The average income tax rate is 7.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Taurgurian economy, worth a remarkable 1,785 trillion deaths a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, highly specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing and Furniture Restoration. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 116,331 deaths, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Tuba players are paid to quietly whisper into their instruments, napalm is the tool of choice for disabling eco-unfriendly forestry operations, exports of chewing gum are inexplicably falling, and town nameplates frequently raise giggles from passing tourists. Crime is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Taurgur's national animal is the lost soul, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Suicide by Dissapearance.

Taurgur is ranked 292,205^th in the world and 338^th in Forest for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring -43.93 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.