The Gold Shroud of Taun is a mammoth, cultured nation, ruled by Kaykaus with a fair hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, otherworldly petting zoo, and digital currency. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 8.588 billion Tau are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kaykhshahr. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 65.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Tau economy, worth a remarkable 1,493 trillion Taunis a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Automobile Manufacturing, and Basket Weaving. Black market activity is extensive. Average income is an impressive 173,872 Taunis, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 563,750 per year while the poor average 40,464, a ratio of 13.9 to 1.

Citizens are spontaneously attracted to each other, it's considered providence that the political lexicon contains a syrup of company slogans, heartbroken parents are urged to "smile for the camera", and dissing one's former country is a prerequisite to apply for Tau citizenship. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Taun's national animal is the Pallid Bat, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Lion of a Moon.

Taun is ranked 89,406^th in the world and 416^th in the Outback for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 2,405.02 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.