The People's Republic of Talaha is a very large, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its national health service, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 290 million Talahans enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 67.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Talahan economy, worth 10.1 trillion tals a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 34,776 tals, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The well-to-do in The Leftist Assembly are never on time for important appointments, businesses are abandoning the city centre because of the lack of transport connections, discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is illegal, and the new hit series "Talaha's Got Trauma" has corporate executives fleeing the country. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Talaha's national animal is the ant, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Talaha is ranked 173,083^rd in the world and 343^rd in The Leftist Assembly for Largest Pizza Delivery Sector, scoring 445.82 on the Pepperoni Propulsion Productivity Index.