The Republic of Pushistia is a huge, genial nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, state-planned economy, and restrictive gun laws. The cynical population of 219 million Pushistians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 38.2%.

The Pushistian economy, worth 13.9 trillion Pushistian dinars 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 a slick, highly efficient black market in Information Technology, Tourism, Book Publishing, and Cheese Exports. 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 63,400 Pushistian dinars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.6 times as much as the poorest.

Invasive drug testing is now performed at elementary school sports days, old folks reminisce about the last time someone was acquitted of a crime, there is a growing belief that consciousness is a simulated illusion within a computer-generated reality, and new pilots are regularly reminded that they are more expendable than their planes. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Pushistia's national animal is the Maine Coon, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Pushistia is ranked 147,566^th in the world and 2,500^th in the West Pacific for Safest, scoring 61.03 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.