The Socialist People's Republic of Social Democratic Commonwealth is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by President Atlas with a fair hand, and remarkable for its state-planned economy, otherworldly petting zoo, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 3.295 billion Commonwealth citizens 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 large, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Avalon. The average income tax rate is 95.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Commonwealth economy, worth 505 trillion people's credits 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 led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 153,530 people's credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government is proudly free of crabs, politicians spend more time in courtrooms than in Parliament, the government mails weekly updates on the new anti-junk mail laws to every citizen, and the Ministry of Health has reported a sharp increase in the incidence of delayed menopause. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Social Democratic Commonwealth's national animal is the bald eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Social Democratic Commonwealth is ranked 2,990^th in the world and 20^th in Democratic Socialist Assembly for Nicest Citizens, with 59.44 average smiles per day.