The Republic of Defendington is a mammoth, cultured nation, ruled by Leader Franklin Sierra with a fair hand, and renowned for its state-planned economy, absence of drug laws, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 7.837 billion Defenders enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Environment, Welfare, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tank Fort City. The average income tax rate is 55.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Defendingtonian economy, worth 360 trillion peaces 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 led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Furniture Restoration, and Woodchip Exports. Average income is 46,052 peaces, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The Federal Council of Defendington has been announced as the new Head of State, the government has cut taxes in the face of widespread tax evasion, criminals lock themselves in their mums' basements to avoid prison, and the government has declined to declare any particular religion as its 'official' one. Crime is totally unknown. Defendington's national animal is the swan, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Whatever we dont care.

Defendington is ranked 192,464^th in the world and 203^rd in 10000 Islands for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -2.28 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.