The People's Republic of Kumashima is a very large, safe nation, notable for its closed borders, frequent executions, and devotion to social welfare. The quiet, industrious population of 237 million Kumashimen are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social and economic equality; they tend to view other countries as corrupted by the hollow pageantry of sham elections.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 65.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Kumashiman economy, worth 16.6 trillion dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 70,006 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Contemporary art museums showcase the latest in centuries-old art, grinding bureaucracy has the international wheels of justice turning slowly, police officers that upset their bosses get assigned to 24 hour stakeouts of bike sheds, and whipping posts and lashes have been transferred to the Historical Museum of Kumashiman Embarrassments. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kumashima's national animal is the Bear, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Kumashima is ranked 68,160^th in the world and 36^th in USSR for Nicest Citizens, with 16.29 average smiles per day.