The République of Popaholick is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by Jacqueline St-Miquelon with a fair hand, and renowned for its unlimited-speed roads, otherworldly petting zoo, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, cheerful population of 26.789 billion Popaholickans enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Marseille. The average income tax rate is 98.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Popaholickan economy, worth a remarkable 9,937 trillion Francs a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Retail. Average income is an amazing 370,954 Francs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.8 times as much as the poorest.

The nation's museums are real penny-pinchers, government theft from poor artists to give to rich allies has been dubbed the "reverse Robin Hood" policy, the seats at the back of the parliament are reserved for indigenous ministers, and government officials across Popaholick are being "encouraged" to adopt Giraffes to set an example for the populace. Crime is totally unknown. Popaholick's national animal is the Giraffe, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Popaholick is ranked 2,258^th in the world and 26^th in Europe for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 15,006.64 on the Gilded Widget Scale.