The Republic of Same Old Story is a large, orderly nation, remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, state-planned economy, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 197 million Same Old Storyians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 53.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Same Old Storyian economy, worth 5.97 trillion Capitalisms 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 Basket Weaving, Book Publishing, Retail, and Furniture Restoration. 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 30,314 Capitalisms, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The building of bureaucratic rivalries has exceeded targets, oddly patriotic flash mobs spontaneously sing the national anthem, colonies are told they'll get their sovereignty back when they finish supper, and public urination is on the increase. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Same Old Story's national animal is the The Pig, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Same Old Story is ranked 159,964^th in the world and 6^th in Idk im bored for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring 1,272.73 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.