The Candide ou l'Optimisme of Monsieur de Voltaire is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by François-Marie Arouet with a fair hand, and renowned for its enslaved workforce, disturbing lack of elderly people, and compulsory military service. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 23.655 billion Monsieur de Voltaireans live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The tiny, corrupt, liberal, pro-business, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Paris. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Monsieur de Voltairean economy, worth a remarkable 3,660 trillion Rightss of Man a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Soda Sales, and Retail. Black market activity is notable. Average income is an impressive 154,745 Rightss of Man, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,062,882 per year while the poor average 8,058, a ratio of 131 to 1.

The end of autumn is celebrated with a bonfire of designer bags, a favorite "life hack" for gap year backpackers is to pretend to be homeless for government handouts, the government keeps its thumb on the scales of justice, and the transit system is throwing poor people under the bus. Crime, especially youth-related, is pervasive, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Monsieur de Voltaire's national animal is the French Coq, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Agnostic Pantheism.

Monsieur de Voltaire is ranked 291,015^th in the world and 725^th in NationStates for Lowest Crime Rates, with 24.1 law-abiding acts per hour.