The Freaks of Circus Grotesque is a titanic, socially progressive nation, renowned for its smutty television, daily referendums, and national health service. The hard-working, democratic population of 12.091 billion Circus Grotesqking hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small, liberal government prioritizes Education, with Industry, Environment, and Social Policy also on the agenda, while Spirituality and Law & Order receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Big Top. The average income tax rate is 17.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Circus Grotesqueen economy, worth a remarkable 1,004 trillion Hildas a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, fairly diversified black market in Information Technology, Tourism, Gambling, and Retail. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 83,056 Hildas, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Politicians are forced to wear portable lie detectors at all times, Eau de Trashcan has become a wildly popular perfume, small children are learning a lot of new words from a teacher with Tourette Syndrome, and sharks are enjoying their deliveries of canned food. Crime, especially youth-related, is a major problem, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Circus Grotesque's national animal is the Pony fish dog bird, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is sleep.

Circus Grotesque is ranked 224,844^th in the world and 3^rd in Freak Show for Largest Welfare Programs, scoring 749.47 on the Safety Net Mesh Density Rating.