The Ever Helpful Companion of -Handler- is a titanic, cultured nation, ruled by Handler with a fair hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, irreverence towards religion, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 13.696 billion Handlerians 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 government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Divinity. The average income tax rate is 39.6%.

The powerhouse Handlerian economy, worth a remarkable 1,176 trillion zennies a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Information Technology, and Automobile Manufacturing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 85,870 zennies, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.6 times as much as the poorest.

Earthquake sirens are a leading cause of hearing loss, the nation's generous tax credits have brought all the film studios to the yard, helping grandma with her Misgendering 101 homework is a national rite of passage, and the nation has an international reputation for compassion. Crime is totally unknown. -Handler-'s national animal is the dragon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Violetism.

-Handler- is ranked 37,949^th in the world and 3^rd in The Finch Legion for Most Cultured, scoring 75 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.