The People's Republic of Acornis is a huge, safe nation, remarkable for its parental licensing program, suspicion of poets, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-working, democratic population of 259 million Acornians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Healthcare, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Acornis City. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 23.9%.

The strong Acornian economy, worth 15.7 trillion Acorns a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Woodchip Exports, Gambling, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 60,482 Acorns, with the richest citizens earning 8.6 times as much as the poorest.

The intelligence community is playing 4-D chess with an imaginary spy network, citizens complain about a burning sensation after bathing, the secret ingredient is love (and MSG), and supermodels maintain their skinny form by running away from government officials. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Acornis's national animal is the Squirrel, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Acornis is ranked 264,082^nd in the world and 3^rd in THE REGION OF THE LOST BACTERIA for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring -5.83 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.