The Republic of The Free State of Terra Australis is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Prime Minister De Angeli with a fair hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, keen interest in outer space, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 2.131 billion Australians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sydney. The average income tax rate is 55.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Free State of Terra Australisian economy, worth 273 trillion Dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 128,349 Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The industries of The Free State of Terra Australis are coughing all the way to the bank, if there's something strange in your neighborhood you call Brancaland, the construction of massive skyscrapers seems to be the result of The Free State of Terra Australis's mid-life crisis, and children are often observed making 'sand angels' in bunkers. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Free State of Terra Australis's national animal is the Kangaroo, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

The Free State of Terra Australis is ranked 34,382^nd in the world and 20^th in Philosophers for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 4,703.15 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.