The Colony of Songclave is a massive, genial nation, ruled by The Caretaker with a fair hand, and notable for its flagrant waste-dumping, soft-spoken computers, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 1.103 billion Pilgrims hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bellhart. The average income tax rate is 52.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Choirbug economy, worth 156 trillion Rosaries 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 Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 142,142 Rosaries, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Family isn't who you're born with but who you abandon in foreign countries, the military maintains a fierce arsenal of 'Cure Missiles', children as young as six shock their parents by coming out of the closet, and almost half of the child population live rough on the streets. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Songclave's national animal is the Maggot, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Citadel Of Song.

Songclave is ranked 23,269^th in the world and 10^th in Albastru for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 66,949.08 Standard Monetary Units.