The Democratic Republic of South Comradia is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Comrade Commissar with an iron fist, and remarkable for its public floggings, keen interest in outer space, and otherworldly petting zoo. The compassionate, cynical population of 9.906 billion Comrades are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Gulagslavia. The average income tax rate is 91.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient South Comradian economy, worth a remarkable 1,521 trillion potatoes a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 153,544 potatoes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The latest electric jet fighter has almost enough battery charge to reach cruising altitude -- provided you don't use the radar, the government is using tax revenues to provide jobs for the poor, fruit market traders let their stock spoil rather than reduce their prices at the day's end, and the nation is ravaged by daily union strikes. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. South Comradia's national animal is the comrade bear, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

South Comradia is ranked 8,633^rd in the world and 154^th in 10000 Islands for Most Beautiful Environments, with 1,739.53 pounds of wildlife per square mile.