The Federal Republic of Slonful is a titanic, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its museums and concert halls, frequent executions, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed population of 18.669 billion Slonfulians 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 large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 76.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Slonfulian economy, worth a remarkable 2,472 trillion dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Arms Manufacturing. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 132,447 dollars, with the richest citizens earning 7.5 times as much as the poorest.

Nine-year-olds are discovering that they can grow gardens in real life too, pocket calculators are seen as status symbols for the ostentatiously wealthy, citizens are permitted to carry concealed handguns, and commuters are denied boarding for attempting to bring packed lunches onto trains. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Slonful's national animal is the penguin, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Slonful is ranked 36,011^th in the world and 489^th in The East Pacific for Most Developed, scoring 80.77 on the Human Development Index.