The Republic of July 4 is a very large, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its frequent executions, public floggings, and absence of drug laws. The quiet, industrious population of 272 million July 4ians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. The average income tax rate is 48.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong July 4ian economy, worth 14.5 trillion Cards a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Retail, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 53,155 Cards, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The upper class have been throwing riots after hunting was recently banned, private businesses are paving paradises to put up parking lots, only those who apply can study applied maths, and athletic teenagers are among the wealthiest members of society. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. July 4's national animal is the Card, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

July 4 is ranked 54,074^th in the world and 2^nd in Calendar for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 1,844.35 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.