The Republic of Same Old Story is a large, orderly nation, notable for its state-planned economy, restrictive gun laws, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 153 million Same Old Storyians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 53.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Same Old Storyian economy, worth 4.38 trillion Capitalisms 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 black market in Book Publishing, Basket Weaving, Furniture Restoration, 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 28,611 Capitalisms, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Many rural villagers have never been more than a day's horse-ride from their birthplace, the government-run newspapers insist that everything is fine, the nation's largest export is socialist agitators, and immigrant herding has become a national pastime. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Same Old Story's national animal is the The Pig, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Same Old Story is ranked 234,988^th in the world and 13^th in Idk im bored for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 140.19 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.