The Socialist Democracy of Equetcho is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Gracchus Babeuf with a fair hand, and remarkable for its smutty television, ubiquitous missile silos, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.622 billion Equetchoans love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Paris. The average income tax rate is 76.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Equetchoan economy, worth 147 trillion french fries 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 dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Trout Farming, Tourism, and Pizza Delivery. Average income is 90,820 french fries, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Party affiliation is just as irrelevant as campaign promises, children are brainwashed at a young age to accept "love and peace!" as a way of life, Gracchus Babeuf's opponents have adopted dogs to chase away the mailman, and the "temporary replacement bus service" is now a permanent fixture. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Equetcho's national animal is the swan, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is French Socialism.

Equetcho is ranked 283,932^nd in the world and 1,169^th in The Communist Bloc for Most Corrupt Governments, with 0.59 kickbacks per hour.