The Armed Republic of Comrade 295 is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, democratic population of 19.364 billion Comrade 295ians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 69.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but sluggish Comrade 295ian economy, worth 354 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, highly specialized black market in Pizza Delivery, Trout Farming, Uranium Mining, and Arms Manufacturing. 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 18,282 Labormarks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Comrade 295's national animal is the Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Comrade 295 is ranked 253,178^th in the world and 1^st in The Gulf Empire for Highest Food Quality, scoring 7.38 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.