The Republic of Smithiscia is a huge, efficient nation, ruled by Prime Minister Squirrelman with a fair hand, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, free-roaming dinosaurs, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 784 million Smithiscians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Écureuilville. The average income tax rate is 72.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Smithiscian economy, worth 87.4 trillion Bonks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Book Publishing, and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 111,450 Bonks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Prudishness is on the way out, the Smalltopian embassy doubles as an electoral campaign headquarters, family isn't who you're born with but who you abandon in foreign countries, and Prime Minister Squirrelman has just been declared ruler of Smithiscia in an international press conference. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Smithiscia's national animal is the Squirrel, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Smithiscia is ranked 273,059^th in the world and 2^nd in Highspellia for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -7.14 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.