The Republic of Acidic is a massive, cultured nation, renowned for its rum-swilling pirates, keen interest in outer space, and aversion to nipples. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 3.368 billion Acidicians 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 large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 68.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Acidician economy, worth 378 trillion xjzfs a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Information Technology, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is an impressive 112,374 xjzfs, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 345,913 per year while the poor average 28,202, a ratio of 12.3 to 1.

Bus shelters seem to be designed to let rain in, bailiffs must face down a fusillade of depleted uranium rounds, Super Barry Brothers is the most popular video game in the nation, and heartbroken parents are urged to "smile for the camera". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Acidic's national animal is the xjzf, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Acidic is ranked 172,249^th in the world and 298^th in Two for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 35,173.19 Standard Monetary Units.