The Council Workers Repuplic of Economy Stimulators is a massive, safe nation, ruled by The council of Democracy with an even hand, and notable for its state-planned economy, keen interest in outer space, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 3.152 billion Economic Comrads are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of GDPington. The average income tax rate is 98.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Economican economy, worth 628 trillion Euros a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 199,404 Euros, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Government workers are more efficient and more unhappy than ever, concert pianists lie about their occupation to avoid ridicule, Max Barry is this year's Miss Economy Stimulators, and people can get away with murder these days. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Economy Stimulators's national animal is the Customer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Non-Religious.

Economy Stimulators is ranked 284,457^th in the world and 46^th in Saint Osmund for Most Patriotic, with 0.37 flags saluted per person per day.