The World Turned Upside Down of E G Smith is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, renowned for its anti-smoking policies, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and state-planned economy. The compassionate, democratic population of 28.077 billion E G Smithians 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 government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded, outspoken morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Social Policy. The average income tax rate is 91.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The E G Smithian economy, worth a remarkable 2,010 trillion Libreses 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 mostly made up of the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Information Technology. Average income is 71,594 Libreses, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A firework a day does not in fact keep the doctor away, asking 'does my bum look big in this?' leads to 30 hours of self-esteem classes, the latest national park is visited by more sharks than people, and children spend all morning taking out a comma and all afternoon putting it back in again. Crime is totally unknown. E G Smith's national animal is the Panther, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

E G Smith is ranked 38,323^rd in the world and 1^st in Libcom for Highest Poor Incomes, with 66,370.78 Standard Monetary Units.