The Communist Masterminds of Smartarseland is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Larse Arsesonn PhD with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, compulsory military service, and pith helmet sales. The compassionate, democratic population of 4.16 billion Smartarses are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Gallifart. The average income tax rate is 97.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Smartarselandian economy, worth 597 trillion surpluses a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 143,728 surpluses, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Sports fans complain that cricket tests now last an unbearable ten days, stranded mountaineers can watch livestreamed footage of their rescues, government ministers sport new billboards that read 'Will Trade Votes for Private Members' Bill Support', and road signs are getting harder to read under layers of knitted woolen cardigans. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Smartarseland's national animal is the magpie, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Arsonism.

Smartarseland is ranked 14,286^th in the world and 4^th in Smartarseland for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 10,620.88 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.