The Republic of Abssolvement is a small, genial nation, remarkable for its ban on automobiles, frequent executions, and zero percent divorce rate. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 36 million Abssolvementians 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 Spirituality, Welfare, and Education. The average income tax rate is 69.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The struggling Abssolvementian economy, worth 628 billion Soul Fragments a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Pizza Delivery industry, with significant contributions from Cheese Exports, Furniture Restoration, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 17,454 Soul Fragments, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Foreign policy is mostly just to smile and hope for the best, Leader claims tax rises are the result of 'curses', candlelit dinners are less romantic with a flickering LED, and the experimental sculpture "Overtures In Dried Gelidium Dung" has been declared a national treasure. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Abssolvement's national animal is the Gelidium, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Abssolvement is ranked 158,705^th in the world and 64^th in The Toastic Assembly for Smartest Citizens, with 28.79 quips per hour.