The United Republic of Abalucia is a titanic, socially progressive nation, ruled by President Victoria Hershall with a fair hand, and notable for its lack of airports, keen interest in outer space, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 12.251 billion Abalucians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The enormous, corrupt, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Drayton. The average income tax rate is 94.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Abalucian economy, worth a remarkable 1,845 trillion Merits a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 150,671 Merits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government helps teach children how to kill a man from six paces, comedians who make offensive jokes have their ticket proceeds seized, officials pull all-nighters to check immigrants for potential links to terrorists, and old dogs don't have to learn new tricks but they have to prove they haven't forgotten old ones. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Abalucia's national animal is the Dove, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Senalism.

Abalucia is ranked 15,795^th in the world and 239^th in Europe for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 347.25 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.