The United Socialist States of Samanaa is a titanic, genial nation, ruled by Comandant Amanda Corrigo with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, keen interest in outer space, and parental licensing program. The compassionate, cheerful population of 10.752 billion Samanaans 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 Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Partytown 5000. The average income tax rate is 96.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Samanaan economy, worth a remarkable 1,509 trillion SamSams a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 140,406 SamSams, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The optimally efficient parking strategy for business commuters is referred to as the "traveling salesman problem", funeral directors are frequently looking at their watches during funerals, a little pushing and pulling is needed for big ships to pass, and cash-strapped junkies lick rabbits for a cheap high. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Samanaa's national animal is the Red Fire Octopus, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Science And Logic.

Samanaa is ranked 1,732^nd in the world and 28^th in The Leftist Assembly for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 13,011.15 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.