The Republic of Mandate 27 is a massive, efficient nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, state-planned economy, and prohibition of alcohol. The hard-nosed population of 3.117 billion Mandate 27ians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 48.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Mandate 27ian economy, worth 237 trillion Delta Eagles a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Automobile Manufacturing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 76,090 Delta Eagles, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Binoculars sales are at an all-time high, victims of limb-mauling industrial accidents are told to keep working with their remaining hand, people accuse the government of being in bed with Big Safety, and trying to toast marshmallows in an electric fireplace just isn't the same. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Mandate 27's national animal is the Kitsune, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Mandate 27 is ranked 110,234^th in the world and 1^st in sci fi for Lowest Crime Rates, with 64.67 law-abiding acts per hour.