The Greater Socialist Union of Talao is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Jacob Di Georgio with a fair hand, and remarkable for its irreverence towards religion, absence of drug laws, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 14.283 billion Talaoans 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 enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Union. The average income tax rate is 95.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Talaoan economy, worth a remarkable 1,828 trillion Assembly Notes a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 128,042 Assembly Notes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Flight attendants rip down curtains with revolutionary fervor, increasing inclusiveness is a sign of the times, foreign leaders are advising that Jacob Di Georgio's letters must have gotten lost in the mail, and the government is washing its hands of alleged corruption. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Talao's national animal is the Tal Peninsula Puma, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Talao is ranked 278,874^th in the world and 268^th in The Leftist Assembly for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring -10.95 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.