The Union of Talos is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Legate Rook Esposito with an even hand, and remarkable for its compulsory military service. The compassionate, devout population of 7.008 billion Talosians enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Spirituality, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vandenberg. The average income tax rate is 23.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Talosian economy, worth 313 trillion denaris a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Uranium Mining, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 44,738 denaris, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Legate Rook Esposito has just been declared ruler of Talos in an international press conference, every product goes through extensive safety-testing by the government, the government recently relinquished its monopoly on the mail service, and orthopaedics patients often have a bounce in their step. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Talos's national animal is the bull, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Tellurism.

Talos is ranked 81,305^th in the world and 3^rd in Warhammer 40000 for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 2,858.88 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.