The Dilapidated Republic of Smolcasm is a titanic, cultured nation, ruled by Jane Q Public with an even hand, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and labour-free parental leave. The compassionate, cheerful population of 15.614 billion Smolcasmites enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The medium-sized, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Outopolis. The average income tax rate is 91.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Smolcastic economy, worth a remarkable 3,014 trillion dust motes a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 193,066 dust motes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Modelling agencies send their clients to work in nursing homes, the government airlifts sacrificial lambs, finders keepers is the law of the land, and protecting the land is holey work. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Smolcasm's national animal is the pet rock, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is fandom.

Smolcasm is ranked 7,445^th in the world and 6^th in The LCRUA for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 6,701.03 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.