The Republic of October 30th is a very large, safe nation, notable for its public floggings, pith helmet sales, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate population of 269 million October 30thians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Education. The average income tax rate is 64.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped October 30thian economy, worth 10.1 trillion Cards a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Trout Farming, Woodchip Exports, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 37,576 Cards, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Wars of expansion are described as "peacekeeping operations", goldfish bowls are three metres in diameter, fixing attendance at women's matches is a matter of "when they go low, we go high... funding", and the nation's armed forces are recruiting thousands to help colonise Brasilistan. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. October 30th's national animal is the Card.

October 30th is ranked 62,272^nd in the world and 5^th in Calendar for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 64.72 Effective Tax Rate.