The Democratic Republic of Countriopia is a gargantuan, genial nation, renowned for its keen interest in outer space, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and complete lack of prisons. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 24.33 billion Countriopians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Biseru. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Countriopian economy, worth an astonishing 10,334 trillion Rotons a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 424,748 Rotons, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Popular cartoon characters frequently appear in government-sponsored PSAs reminding students to say no to drugs, referenda are held for every conceivable government action, criminals and college students are taking an interest in the government's new weed-killing program, and explicit slash fiction is repackaged for kindergarten kids as stories about friends cuddling friends. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Countriopia's national animal is the Countriopian Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Countriopia is ranked 38^th in the world and 1^st in Solidaritat for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 52,237.05 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.