The Community of The Free Press is a large, safe nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, irreverence towards religion, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 142 million Free Press Reporters 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 enormous, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 72.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Free Press Reporter economy, worth 4.17 trillion Press-Chains 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 mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Cheese Exports. Average income is 29,365 Press-Chains, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Citizens are exhausted from weekly general elections, cane fights are a common sight in nursing homes, the poor are often seen pale and dizzy after selling their blood to make ends meet, and a girl's success in life is often linked to her performance in beauty pageants. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Free Press's national animal is the Owl, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

The Free Press is ranked 208,446^th in the world and 2,924^th in the South Pacific for Fattest Citizens, with 9.14 Obesity Rate.