The Free Land of Abide is a titanic, socially progressive nation, ruled by Colins friend with an even hand, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, daily referendums, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate population of 12.982 billion Abideans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Social Policy. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Abide Inlet. The average income tax rate is 64.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but underdeveloped Abidean economy, worth 388 trillion Pennies a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Pizza Delivery, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 29,888 Pennies, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Mouldy bread is served as an appetizer in many restaurants, public footpaths are being slowly eroded by the burgeoning number of ramblers, the new 'Who Wants To Be A Politician' election debate auditions are more popular than the debates themselves, and mystics are claiming that a simultaneous rise in scepticism and education budgets is correlation rather than causation. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Abide's national animal is the Cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Abiding.

Abide is ranked 166,700^th in the world and 36^th in Philosophers for Highest Poor Incomes, with 23,147.23 Standard Monetary Units.