The Mind Altering Effects of Pot Smoke is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by The Stoner with an even hand, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, irreverence towards religion, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, cheerful population of 26.161 billion Potheads have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Marijuana Dispensary. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Pot Smokean economy, worth a remarkable 6,379 trillion ounces a year, is highly specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 243,839 ounces, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Potheads have replaced bears in a popular idiom, in a fit of passion The Stoner has shredded thirty years' worth of petitions, dog breeding has been banned in accordance with recent animal experimentation laws, and people reciting Shakespeare have become a common sight. Crime is totally unknown. Pot Smoke's national animal is the otter, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Marijuana.

Pot Smoke is ranked 115^th in the world and 1^st in Pot for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 30,966.84 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.