The Colony of Average islands is a small, safe nation, remarkable for its suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, devout population of 20 million Average islandsians 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 medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Healthcare, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 29.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Average islandsian economy, worth 772 billion Weird gray oozes a year, is led by the Cheese Exports industry, with major contributions from Furniture Restoration, Arms Manufacturing, and Trout Farming. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 38,614 Weird gray oozes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Lawyers spend as much time preparing their make-up as they do their briefs, statues of famous citizens are erected or demolished on a purely partisan basis, it takes all playtime for children to locate their friends among two hundred identical heads, and record executives compete over space on buskers' setlists. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Average islands's national animal is the Blob.

Average islands is ranked 206,775^th in the world and 1^st in Raid me for Largest Information Technology Sector, scoring 1,110.76 on the Fann-Boi Productivity Index.