The Democratic Republic of Progrea is a massive, cultured nation, renowned for its ban on automobiles, daily referendums, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 2.102 billion Progreans are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kosvan. The average income tax rate is 92.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Progrean economy, worth 272 trillion Dems a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 129,767 Dems, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Airplane passengers who purchase "basic economy" tickets are often assigned seats in the lavatory, politicians accost strangers in the street to ask their problems, a government program is underway to revitalize Progrea's beaches, and teenage TV characters are played by thirty-year-olds by the end of the second season. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Progrea's national animal is the Butterfly, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Progrea is ranked 12,771^st in the world and 5^th in Ensio for Lowest Crime Rates, with 100.61 law-abiding acts per hour.