The United Republic of Abalucia is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by President Victoria Hershall with a fair hand, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 10.723 billion Abalucians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The enormous, corrupt, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Drayton. The average income tax rate is 94.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Abalucian economy, worth a remarkable 1,592 trillion Merits a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 148,510 Merits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government recently donated a surfboard to an impoverished family in a landlocked region, healthcare workers are flummoxed over the spike in foreign tourists with sudden-onset heart disease, new arrivals are asked the location of the Minister of the Interior's birthmark, and environmental legislation occurs cyclically. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Abalucia's national animal is the Dove, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Senalism.

Abalucia is ranked 147,420^th in the world and 785^th in Europe for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry, scoring 1,816.25 on the Spitz-Pollish Productivity Index.