The Europeian Far Away Province of Terraustra is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Governor Max Power with a fair hand, and notable for its daily referendums, ban on automobiles, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.565 billion Terraustrians 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 government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New South Rome. The average income tax rate is 66.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Terraustran economy, worth 154 trillion faraway euros a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 98,943 faraway euros, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

Euthanasia is legal, there has been a rapid increase of noise complaints over the sound of buzzing bees, politicians "baring all" for the camera isn't always a figure of speech, and heavily subsidised Terraustran baskets litter the streets of Europeia. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Terraustra's national animal is the Antartic Allosaurus, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Freemasonry radical secularism.

Terraustra is ranked 12,138^th in the world and 109^th in Europeia for Nicest Citizens, with 29.77 average smiles per day.