The United Socialist States of United Peasants of Animalia is a huge, genial nation, remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 216 million Animalians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 73.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Animalian economy, worth 6.59 trillion Animalian Ingots 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 Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Information Technology, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 30,520 Animalian Ingots, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Bungee jumpers rarely go splat, cutting-edge missile systems are being retrofitted to twin-prop air force biplanes, RPG fans reminisce fondly about when people thought they were evil and dangerous rather than geeky and socially inept, and tourists on boat cruises can't figure out why they smell so fishy afterward. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. United Peasants of Animalia's national animal is the Animalian Orca, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

United Peasants of Animalia is ranked 250,775^th in the world and 832^nd in The Communist Bloc for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring -7.21 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.