The People's Republic of Ataral is a massive, safe nation, notable for its smutty television, daily referendums, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate population of 3.908 billion Atarales 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, Healthcare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Armoura. The average income tax rate is 87.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Ataralian economy, worth 208 trillion Lunar Cronos a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. Average income is 53,280 Lunar Cronos, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Interest in globalism never flags, lifeguards are more concerned with watching for sharks than struggling swimmers, the government has declined to declare any particular religion as its 'official' one, and Leader has just been declared ruler of Ataral in an international press conference. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Ataral's national animal is the Bombay Cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Ataral is ranked 31,362^nd in the world and 574^th in The Communist Bloc for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 6,199.45 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.