The People's Republic of Dragging is a large, socially progressive nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, ban on automobiles, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, democratic population of 50 million Draggingians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Environment. The average income tax rate is 55.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Draggingian economy, worth 1.31 trillion Frees a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient black market in Tourism, Book Publishing, Basket Weaving, and Pizza Delivery. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 26,273 Frees, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Money grows on trees, the government is a clear-cut case of tyranny by majority, an endless multinational bureaucracy connects the Red Bloc, and the bourgeoisie are asked nicely to hand over the means of production. Crime is totally unknown. Dragging's national animal is the Wombat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Dragging is ranked 165,147^th in the world and 145^th in Refugia for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 201.46 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.