The Comforting Embrace of Reader is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Mother with an even hand, and notable for its digital currency, otherworldly petting zoo, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, democratic population of 3.512 billion Readerians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Ambedo. The average income tax rate is 88.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Readerian economy, worth 366 trillion Readerian Pages 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 mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 104,470 Readerian Pages, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Giggling teens are asked to put their mouths on rubber dolls, group hugs break out during floor votes, exceptionally healthy police officers can sprint after crooks for hours on end, and turning eighteen is often referred to as the 'Age of Aquarius'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Reader's national animal is the Rinko the house cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is we are atheists in this house.

Reader is ranked 308,644^th in the world and 614^th in Sophia for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -12.88 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.