The Free Land of Joining The Red and Black is a gargantuan, safe nation, renowned for its complete lack of prisons, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The democratic population of 18.002 billion Joining The Red and Blackians 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 enormous, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government prioritizes Welfare, with Education, Healthcare, and Defense also on the agenda. The average income tax rate is 69.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but stagnant Joining The Red and Blackian economy, worth 268 trillion mutual aids 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, broadly diversified black market in Beef-Based Agriculture, Soda Sales, Basket Weaving, and Pizza Delivery. 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 14,897 mutual aids, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Joining The Red and Black's national animal is the songbird, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Joining The Red and Black is ranked 192,727^th in the world and 2^nd in The Red and Black for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 51.34 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.