The People's Republic of Tal Arure is a huge, genial nation, remarkable for its museums and concert halls, barren, inhospitable landscape, and avant-garde cinema. The compassionate, devout population of 389 million Tal Arureans have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Welfare, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 56.5%.

The strong Tal Arurean economy, worth 20.7 trillion crowns a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Woodchip Exports, Basket Weaving, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 53,261 crowns, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.2 times as much as the poorest.

The nation's only university is the School of Hard Knocks, it's a marvellous night for a moon dance as the sparks on your home start to rise, glittering new sports stadiums adorn every city and town, and students abandon classrooms for online education. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Tal Arure's national animal is the phoenix, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Tal Arure is ranked 69,494^th in the world and 2,328^th in The East Pacific for Largest Timber Woodchipping Industry, scoring 3,545.3 on the Tasmanian Pulp Environmental Export Index.