The Federal Republic of Taigaea is a very large, safe nation, remarkable for its irreverence towards religion and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 128 million Taigaeans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Welfare, and Education. The average income tax rate is 43.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Taigaean economy, worth 3.17 trillion Taigas a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Door-to-door Insurance Sales industry, with major contributions from Soda Sales, Automobile Manufacturing, and Basket Weaving. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 24,792 Taigas, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Marijuana is legal in the privacy of your own home, most of the nation's wealthy aristocrats are dentists, a well-funded social safety net protects the unfortunate, and kids are arrested at gunpoint for playing with toy rifles. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Taigaea's national animal is the Fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Taigaea is ranked 120,153^rd in the world and 83^rd in Philosophers for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring 1,682.78 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.