The Free Land of Acorn Acre is a huge, safe nation, notable for its prohibition of alcohol, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 899 million Squirrels love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Tallest Tree. The average income tax rate is 73.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Squirrel economy, worth 46.7 trillion Acorns 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 Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 51,965 Acorns, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Enemy navies sail within bombardment range of major coastal cities with impunity, doctors who mutter "Oh my God" often lose their medical license, undersea volcanoes receive strongly worded letters for violating environmental regulations, and there's a bright dawn ahead for Acorn Acre. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Acorn Acre's national animal is the Squirrel, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Acorn Acre is ranked 45,982^nd in the world and 4^th in The Forest for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 4,673.24 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.