The Republic of July 15 is a very large, safe nation, remarkable for its enslaved workforce, smutty television, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed population of 256 million July 15ians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 35.1%.

The strong July 15ian economy, worth 14.3 trillion Cards a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Cheese Exports industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Soda Sales. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 55,944 Cards, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 222,281 per year while the poor average 9,497, a ratio of 23.4 to 1.

People with political aspirations study how to make balloon animals, 13-year-old internet trolls are treated as a threat on par with terrorists, a rolling news ticker tape of disclaimers runs across the bottom of the screen on all TV shows, and the government frequently panders to parents with boutique tax credits. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. July 15's national animal is the Card, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

July 15 is ranked 136,417^th in the world and 24^th in Calendar for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 35.13 Effective Tax Rate.