The United Socialist States of Redit is a tiny, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The democratic population of 18 million Reditians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 66.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The basket case Reditian economy, worth 184 billion Muammars 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, quite specialized black market in Book Publishing, Trout Farming, Cheese Exports, and Information Technology. 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 10,249 Muammars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

It is illegal to make racist remarks in public, the latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, surveillance cameras are banned, and students are wary of colorfully decorated new teachers with names like Professor Pipsqueak. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Redit's national animal is the Blue-footed tit, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Redit is ranked 163,175^th in the world and 95^th in Albastru for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 348.03 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.