The Confederacy of Socialist Dixie is a mammoth, safe nation, notable for its teetotalling pirates, national health service, and infamous sell-swords. The hard-nosed, democratic, humorless population of 5.399 billion Mobs enjoy great social freedoms and frequent elections, where the majority of the populace regularly votes to increase its benefits at the expense of various hapless minorities.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, outspoken morass — prioritizes Administration, although Law & Order, Defense, and Environment are also considered important. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Athens Georgia. The average income tax rate is 83.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Socialist Dixiean economy, worth 431 trillion Votes a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, highly specialized black market in Arms Manufacturing, Pizza Delivery, Furniture Restoration, and Book Publishing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 79,758 Votes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

The latest government policy passed by a close shave, cruise ships arrive in their dozens to watch cruise missile tests, jaywalking is punishable by public flogging, and all major public areas are watched by police surveillance cameras. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Socialist Dixie's national animal is the Wallace's giant bee, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Socialist Dixie is ranked 329,651^st in the world and 4^th in Non Aligned Territories Office for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring -11.24 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.