The United Socialist States of COMMIEPLACE is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Mighty Respected Comrade Joseph Stalin with an even hand, and notable for its ban on automobiles, state-planned economy, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.126 billion Socialists are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Welfare, and Education. The average income tax rate is 74.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Maoist economy, worth 40.1 trillion Revolutions 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 Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Tourism, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 35,631 Revolutions, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Amnesty Interregional has condemned COMMIEPLACE for ignoring crimes against humanity, the dictionary is a common first book for children, abortions are routinely performed in the nation's hospitals, and elections have become procedural nightmares due to voters persistently rejecting candidates. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. COMMIEPLACE's national animal is the Scientific Socialist, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Marxism-Leninism-Maoism.

COMMIEPLACE is ranked 213,132^nd in the world and 488^th in The Leftist Assembly for Largest Pizza Delivery Sector, scoring -2.7 on the Pepperoni Propulsion Productivity Index.