The Nation of Turacedran is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Tas with an iron fist, and notable for its state-planned economy, otherworldly petting zoo, and parental licensing program. The compassionate, cynical population of 9.77 billion Turacedranians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Somnus. The average income tax rate is 94.1%.

The all-consuming Turacedranian economy, worth 916 trillion coins a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is extremely specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing. Average income is 93,783 coins, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Relations with Dàguó have warmed from frosty to chilly, money grows on trees, protesters are up in arms over new nuclear power stations, and all you have to do is pray to get into Turacedran. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Turacedran's national animal is the spider, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Turacedran is ranked 286,161^st in the world and 6,193^rd in The North Pacific for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -13.3 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.