The Republic of Signar is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Director with an even hand, and remarkable for its vat-grown people, otherworldly petting zoo, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate population of 4.25 billion Signarians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Greyport. The average income tax rate is 96.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Signarian economy, worth 735 trillion marks 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 dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 173,139 marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Cops shout apologies with every swing of their baton, Animal Liberationists are regularly arrested, group hugs break out during floor votes, and college students make ends meet by selling their kidneys. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Signar's national animal is the parrot, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Solism.

Signar is ranked 7,234^th in the world and 196^th in the South Pacific for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 57.39 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.