The Republic of Signar is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Director with an even hand, and notable for its ubiquitous missile silos, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 4.244 billion Signarians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Greyport. The average income tax rate is 96.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Signarian economy, worth 734 trillion marks 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 dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 173,139 marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Too many hyper-intelligent chefs can spoil the allegorical broth, all statues and paintings of dogs are being destroyed to avoid offending cat-lovers, cops shout apologies with every swing of their baton, and Animal Liberationists are regularly arrested. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Signar's national animal is the parrot, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Solism.

Signar is ranked 221,478^th in the world and 4,266^th in the South Pacific for Most Patriotic, with 3.91 flags saluted per person per day.