The Republic of Annotasia is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Zachary Taylor with a fair hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 20.707 billion Annotasians 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 enormous, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Martium. The average income tax rate is 95.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Annotasian economy, worth a remarkable 3,258 trillion Annotas a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 157,342 Annotas, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Solving crossword puzzles requires fluency in at least five languages, hidden bedroom-cams are installed to catch mothers doing their kids' homework, citizens are exhausted from weekly general elections, and school children asked "what is two times two?" are likely to form a symposium to discuss how different answers make them feel. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Annotasia's national animal is the Bull, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Annotasia is ranked 7,156^th in the world and 7^th in The DankLeft Commune for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring 2,242.55 on the Clooney Contribution Index.