The Armed Republic of 12 year olds is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Bug with an even hand, and remarkable for its enforced nudity, absence of drug laws, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, humorless population of 37.862 billion 12 year olds are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Social Policy. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Miri. The average income tax rate is 90.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient 12 year old economy, worth a remarkable 7,075 trillion wedgies a year, is quite specialized and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Tourism, Book Publishing, Basket Weaving, and Gambling. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 186,882 wedgies, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The Finance Ministry posts hourly updates on where taxpayer money is spent, black tea is only available on the black market, the new foreign policy is "why bother invading neighbours when they can be bought wholesale?", and tower block residents are each held responsible for four square inches of front lawn. Crime is totally unknown. 12 year olds's national animal is the soft kitty, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Orthodox Anarchy.

12 year olds is ranked 33,453^rd in the world and 1^st in Alberta for Highest Drug Use, scoring 337.93 on the Pineapple Fondness Rating.