| Population | 13.334 billion |
| Capital | Happiness |
| Leader | Everyone |
| Faith | Smiling |
| Currency | smile |
| Animal | phoenix |
The Happy Utopia of Smiling Optimists is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by Everyone with an even hand, and remarkable for its anti-smoking policies, complete lack of prisons, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 13.334 billion Smiling Optimists are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.
The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Happiness. The income tax rate is 100%.
The frighteningly efficient Smiling Optimistic economy, worth a remarkable 4,452 trillion smiles 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, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an amazing 333,890 smiles, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.
The nation's politicians are acknowledged as the most polite in the region to the dismay of comedians everywhere, dozens of viewers go online to hear whether a comma has been added to Clause 5 in Subsection B of Law 58375, crowded passenger trains are near-silent save for the soft tap of fingers on touchscreens, and this year's hottest fashion trend is the Lese Majeste collection. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Smiling Optimists's national animal is the phoenix, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Smiling.
Smiling Optimists is ranked 4,683rd in the world and 2nd in The Sunny and Optimistic Organization for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 19,619.64 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.
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National Happenings
Most Recent Government Activity:
- : Following new legislation in
Smiling Optimists, this year's hottest fashion trend is the Lese Majeste collection.
- : Following new legislation in Smiling Optimists, crowded passenger trains are near-silent save for the soft tap of fingers on touchscreens.
- : Following new legislation in Smiling Optimists, dozens of viewers go online to hear whether a comma has been added to Clause 5 in Subsection B of Law 58375.
- : Following new legislation in Smiling Optimists, the nation's politicians are acknowledged as the most polite in the region to the dismay of comedians everywhere.
- : Smiling Optimists was reclassified from "Liberal Democratic Socialists" to "Democratic Socialists".
- : Smiling Optimists was ranked in the Top 1% of the world for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, Most Advanced Public Education, Most Scientifically Advanced, Highest Average Incomes, and Most Inclusive.
- : Following new legislation in Smiling Optimists, gangs of political bullies tell minority voices to "shut up because we say so".
- : Following new legislation in Smiling Optimists, older citizens lament over the loss of law and order.
- : Following new legislation in Smiling Optimists, there is a growing belief that consciousness is a simulated illusion within a computer-generated reality.
- : Following new legislation in Smiling Optimists, every day has been a surprise since weather reporters turned to consulting ancient totems for their seven-day forecasts.
