The Armed Republic of Comrade 275 is a gargantuan, safe nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, democratic population of 19.492 billion Comrade 275ians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Welfare, and Education. The average income tax rate is 67.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but sluggish Comrade 275ian economy, worth 362 trillion Labormarks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is dominated by the Cheese Exports industry, with significant contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Gambling, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 18,584 Labormarks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Comrade 275's national animal is the Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Comrade 275 is ranked 234,897^th in the world and 1^st in The Fatherland for Most Corrupt Governments, with 0.86 kickbacks per hour.