The Democratic States of Compassaria is a huge, genial nation, remarkable for its ubiquitous missile silos, lack of airports, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, democratic population of 454 million Compassarians 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 large, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Barmher. The average income tax rate is 61.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Compassarian economy, worth 29.4 trillion Dollars 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 Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 64,719 Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

In life full of care there is no time to stop and stare, Compassarian novella fans become unusually flustered when thinking about Leader, bus ads propagandize causes ranging from sexual revolution to religious pogroms, and halberds are common 18th birthday presents. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Compassaria's national animal is the Human, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Compassaria is ranked 170,342^nd in the world and 198^th in Thaecia for Highest Economic Output, with 29.4 trillion Standard Monetary Units.