The People's Republic of Comrade Occitania is a titanic, socially progressive nation, ruled by Conselh Generau d'Estat with a fair hand, and notable for its anti-smoking policies, ubiquitous missile silos, and rampant corporate plagiarism. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 19.287 billion Comrade Occitanians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tolosa. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Comrade Occitanian economy, worth a remarkable 8,978 trillion Pesseta Occitanas a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an amazing 465,507 Pesseta Occitanas, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Military minds worry that 'the blue screen of death' on brand new operating systems may be a literal description, anti-government web sites are springing up, policies are debated via video essays and tier lists, and criminal rehabilitation takes place in re-education centers. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Comrade Occitania's national animal is the Leon, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Comrade Occitania is ranked 9,968^th in the world and 2^nd in Solidaritat for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 6,645.26 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.