The United Socialist States of Encaoua is a huge, cultured nation, notable for its museums and concert halls, unlimited-speed roads, and pith helmet sales. The compassionate, democratic population of 383 million Encaouans are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Nikiema. The average income tax rate is 72.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Encaouan economy, worth 34.4 trillion Dinars a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Retail, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 89,939 Dinars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Citizens are regularly arrested in queues for 'loitering', roads are often attended by round-the-clock construction crews, radio shows frequently feature people denouncing religion, and clowns are being rounded up and admitted to mental institutions. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Encaoua's national animal is the Otter, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Encaoua is ranked 277,942^nd in the world and 1,198^th in The Communist Bloc for Most Patriotic, with 0.58 flags saluted per person per day.