The Community of Ben and Jerrys is a titanic, cultured nation, ruled by Ben Greenfield with a fair hand, and notable for its daily referendums, ban on automobiles, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, democratic population of 16.474 billion Scoopers are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Burlington. The average income tax rate is 85.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Ben and Jerryan economy, worth a remarkable 1,254 trillion pints 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 led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Trout Farming. Average income is 76,120 pints, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The new Refuse Hills housing development is under construction, tourists on boat cruises can't figure out why they smell so fishy afterward, the nation is currently revamping its entire education system, and political detractors refer to Ben Greenfield as 'that Bigtopian puppet'. Crime is totally unknown. Ben and Jerrys's national animal is the Vermonster, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ben and Jerrys is ranked 2,803^rd in the world and 1^st in Union of Allied Planets for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 8,103.99 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.