The Confederacy of the 3 Islands of St Helena Ascension and Tristan da Cunha is a gargantuan, cultured nation, renowned for its public floggings, ban on automobiles, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 10.439 billion Confederate Islanders hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Jamestown. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 21.7%.

The all-consuming St Helena Ascension and Tristan da Cunhan economy, worth a remarkable 1,056 trillion pound sterlings a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Retail, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 101,185 pound sterlings, with the richest citizens earning 6.1 times as much as the poorest.

Radio shows frequently feature people denouncing religion, police officers that upset their bosses get assigned to 24 hour stakeouts of bike sheds, sales of pregnancy testing kits are booming, and every product goes through extensive safety-testing by the government. Crime is totally unknown. St Helena Ascension and Tristan da Cunha's national animal is the plover, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

St Helena Ascension and Tristan da Cunha is ranked 53,476^th in the world and 1,335^th in the South Pacific for Nicest Citizens, with 16.29 average smiles per day.