The Armed Republic of Comrade 038 is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its state-planned economy and complete lack of prisons. The hard-working population of 20.817 billion Comrade 038ians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Environment. The average income tax rate is 47.5%.

The Comrade 038ian economy, worth 830 trillion Labormarks 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, quite specialized black market in Beef-Based Agriculture, Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Pizza Delivery. 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 39,909 Labormarks, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.7 times as much as the poorest.

Crime is moderate, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Comrade 038's national animal is the Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Comrade 038 is ranked 104,035^th in the world and 1^st in Revolutionary International for Most Beautiful Environments, with 560.17 pounds of wildlife per square mile.