The Republic of Taumin is a massive, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its ban on automobiles, daily referendums, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate, democratic population of 4.998 billion Tauminians 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 large, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lufmin. The average income tax rate is 77.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Tauminian economy, worth 555 trillion kravas a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 111,160 kravas, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Spies caught red-handed are served cocktails on their first-class flights home, Taumin's children are widely acknowledged as the most foul-mouthed in the region, elections have become procedural nightmares due to voters persistently rejecting candidates, and jabbing a baby's bottle at officials gets parents waved straight through immigration. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Taumin's national animal is the pato, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Taumin is ranked 6,333^rd in the world and 3^rd in Groland for Safest, scoring 127.47 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.