The Republic of February 23rd is a mid-sized, safe nation, renowned for its burgeoning Card population. The hard-working population of 50 million February 23rdians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 34.2%.

The February 23rdian economy, worth 1.80 trillion Cards a year, is quite specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Furniture Restoration, and Trout Farming. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 35,975 Cards, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.3 times as much as the poorest.

They unpaved paradise and tore up a parking lot (ooh, bop bop bop), virtual assistants are seen with increasing suspicion every time they get an upgrade, full-page newspaper ads are taken out linking apples and gravitational acceleration, and eight-year-olds with lemonade stands have been known to be locked up on charges of embezzlement. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. February 23rd's national animal is the Card, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

February 23rd is ranked 169,940^th in the world and 44^th in Calendar for Most Secular, with 17.09 Atheism Rate.