The Federal Republic of Slonful is a gargantuan, efficient nation, remarkable for its museums and concert halls, frequent executions, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 13.546 billion Slonfulians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 71.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Slonfulian economy, worth a remarkable 1,309 trillion dollars a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Automobile Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 96,701 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Most households' childcare costs are higher than their mortgage payments, the government is flooded with compensation requests, CEOs can't hear the term 'Fire Sale' without bursting into tears, and the government has completely eliminated all childcare programs. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Slonful's national animal is the penguin, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Slonful is ranked 247,886^th in the world and 4,226^th in The East Pacific for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -6.13 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.