The Council Republic of The AbelLandia is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Taco Schmidt with an even hand, and renowned for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, ritual sacrifices, and compulsory gun ownership. The compassionate, devout population of 1.035 billion AbelLandians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rotterdam. The average income tax rate is 61.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient AbelLandian economy, worth 144 trillion Schurfies 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 large, well-organized, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Basket Weaving, and Soda Sales. 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 an impressive 139,132 Schurfies, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The people's love for Taco Schmidt is little more than self-preservation, it's a marvellous night for a moon dance as the sparks on your home start to rise, relatives of recent award winners find their trophies make stylish urns, and using "inspect element" is grounds for espionage charges. Crime is totally unknown. The AbelLandia's national animal is the Lion, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Christianity.

The AbelLandia is ranked 66,988^th in the world and 698^th in Europe for Lowest Crime Rates, with 70.65 law-abiding acts per hour.