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 national health service, pith helmet sales, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.639 billion Terraustrians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The large, liberal 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 66.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Terraustran economy, worth 163 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 99,732 faraway euros, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

Heavily subsidised Terraustran baskets litter the streets of Europeia, artificial intelligences seeking exciting work are overcome with ennui, tourists flock to see the giant stone carvings of historical leaders at Mount Rushless, and nobody is allowed to stop the local daycare from reading Nietzsche to pre-schoolers. 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 18,935^th in the world and 156^th in Europeia for Most Beautiful Environments, with 1,062.4 pounds of wildlife per square mile.