The Community of Apulia is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Nichi Vendola with an even hand, and notable for its keen interest in outer space, compulsory military service, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed population of 27.478 billion Apulians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bari. The average income tax rate is 35.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The enormous but inefficient Apulian economy, worth a remarkable 1,046 trillion lires a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Retail, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Soda Sales. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 38,067 lires, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Citizens select which government department gets their income tax lires each year, Apulia has designated Bari as its capital city, citizens are enjoying a recent large cut in taxes, and Nichi Vendola has just been declared ruler of Apulia in an international press conference. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Apulia's national animal is the Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Roman Catholicism.

Apulia is ranked 46,323^rd in the world and 17^th in Italian Regions for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring 661.6 on the Clooney Contribution Index.