The Federal Republic of Apollinea is a very large, safe nation, remarkable for its smutty television, daily referendums, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 171 million Apollineans have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 40.7%.

The thriving Apollinean economy, worth 12.7 trillion Pesos a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 74,478 Pesos, with the richest citizens earning 5.2 times as much as the poorest.

Stores employing more than 100 employees are required to be at least twenty miles from any competitor, attempts to inform people about their unclaimed property are often mistaken for telephone scams, public footpaths are being slowly eroded by the burgeoning number of ramblers, and Leader can be seen doing doughnuts in a new Rambogini. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Apollinea's national animal is the Tocoros, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Apollinea is ranked 79,657^th in the world and 2,207^th in The North Pacific for Most Cultured, scoring 68 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.