The Democratic Republic of Sigmabiber is a huge, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its compulsory vegetarianism, vat-grown people, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 622 million Sigmabiberians 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 enormous, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 74.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Sigmabiberian economy, worth 54.6 trillion Credits a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 87,706 Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Voters are one of the nation's top imports, any citizen who cries is immediately assigned a psychiatrist, the main interest rates change daily based on the latest news story, and politicians and casino owners who so much as wander into the same room are arrested on the spot. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sigmabiber's national animal is the Commrade bird, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Sigmabiber is ranked 302,523^rd in the world and 1,882^nd in the Plains of Perdition for Most Corrupt Governments, with 0.56 kickbacks per hour.