The Free Land of Studious is a massive, efficient nation, remarkable for its museums and concert halls, state-planned economy, and stringent health and safety legislation. The quiet, industrious population of 1.955 billion Studiousians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Biblioteca. The average income tax rate is 19.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Studiousian economy, worth 203 trillion Books a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Tourism, and Information Technology. Average income is an impressive 103,836 Books, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Unshaven men are viewed with suspicion in courts of law, vegetables are crisper thanks to CRISPR, Leader's recent "I have a dream that we will fight them by raking muck on the beaches" speech seems a little derivative to many, and unstable couples are known to break up over which one gets parental leave. Crime is totally unknown. Studious's national animal is the Owl, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Studious is ranked 77,951^st in the world and 618^th in the Pacific for Most Developed, scoring 67.84 on the Human Development Index.