The People's Republic of Potatonia is a huge, genial nation, notable for its frequent executions, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, cynical population of 432 million Potatonians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 73.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Potatonian economy, worth 12.7 trillion Oninoes 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 led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Automobile Manufacturing, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 29,465 Oninoes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

There's a bright dawn ahead for Potatonia, the government has solemnly sworn not to look up other nations' internet browsing history if the favor is returned, diplomacy is a foreign concept to Potatonians, and the military is slashing spending on conventional arms and diverting it to spending on prosthetic arms. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Potatonia's national animal is the Pigeon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Potatonia is ranked 92,109^th in the world and 532^nd in The Communist Bloc for Most Patriotic, with 15.93 flags saluted per person per day.