The Republic of Approved is a mammoth, safe nation, remarkable for its burgeoning hawk population. The democratic population of 5.605 billion Approvedians enjoy great social freedoms and frequent elections, where the majority of the populace regularly votes to increase its benefits at the expense of various hapless minorities.

The medium-sized, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Welfare, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 26.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but underdeveloped Approvedian economy, worth 129 trillion rubledollars a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Soda Sales. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 23,075 rubledollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Approved's national animal is the hawk.

Approved is ranked 164,894^th in the world and 1^st in Rysahi for Lowest Crime Rates, with 60.67 law-abiding acts per hour.