The Colony of Simple is a mammoth, safe nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, irreverence towards religion, and suspicion of poets. The democratic population of 8.14 billion Simpleans 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 medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Earth. The average income tax rate is 23.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but underdeveloped Simplean economy, worth 274 trillion Barter Systems a year, is led by the Pizza Delivery industry, with major contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Woodchip Exports, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 33,741 Barter Systems, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Strict term limits have been applied to all elected offices, they say that Simpleans made a dessert and called it peace, programmers often reinvent the wheel, and crossword puzzles have been co-opted as a symbol of racial discrimination. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Simple's national animal is the Rabbit.

Simple is ranked 117,468^th in the world and 9^th in Pink Lotus for Most Accessible, scoring 292.08 on the Keller-Reeve Index.