The Republic of Selfgradatude is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by president Donald Trump with a fair hand, and remarkable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, compulsory military service, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, humorless, devout population of 16.87 billion Selfgradatudeans enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Defense, Environment, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Selfgradatude City. The average income tax rate is 76.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Selfgradatudean economy, worth 937 trillion dollars a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity. The industrial sector is solely comprised of the Arms Manufacturing industry. Average income is 55,552 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Cyber-crime and tin-foil hat sales are both increasing at record rates, the nation's infamous boot camp is more brutal than most battlefields, students and teachers are regularly stopped and searched for symbols of religious affiliation before class, and citizens are allowed to rise or fall based on their own merits. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Selfgradatude's national animal is the golden eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Selfgradatude is ranked 5,024^th in the world and 176^th in The North Pacific for Most Advanced Law Enforcement, scoring 8,545.26 on the Orwell Orderliness Index.