The Free Land of Disappointment Islands is a huge, efficient nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, public floggings, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed population of 252 million Disappointments 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 Education, Healthcare, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 39.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Disappointment Islander economy, worth 14.4 trillion dollars a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Basket Weaving, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 57,011 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The best fashion comes straight to the high street from sweatshops all across the globe, employers are never quite sure if graduates' qualifications have any merit or meaning, cosmopolitan citizens ask what their countries can do for them, and vegetables are crisper thanks to CRISPR. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Disappointment Islands's national animal is the Red Panda, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Disappointment Islands is ranked 82,285^th in the world and 109^th in The Order of the Grey Wardens for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring 343.53 on the Clooney Contribution Index.