The Free and Happy Republic of Testing Happy is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Gavin GB the 4th with an even hand, and remarkable for its smutty television, ubiquitous missile silos, and compulsory gun ownership. The compassionate, devout population of 6.51 billion Happyians 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 medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lexington. The average income tax rate is 72.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Happyian economy, worth a remarkable 1,011 trillion Happy Coins 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, fairly diversified black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Book Publishing. 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 an impressive 155,392 Happy Coins, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Retirement homes are filled with foreign war criminals, everyone wants to be on the guest list for diplomatic parties, the Testing Happy Automotive Racing Series draws millions of spectators annually while those near the tracks complain about the noise, and hundreds of subterranean tunnels are being built as part of "Project Morlock". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Testing Happy's national animal is the Zebra, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Christianity.

Testing Happy is ranked 11,733^rd in the world and 270^th in the South Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 375.92 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.