The Free Land of Effasa is a huge, genial nation, notable for its infamous sell-swords, irreverence towards religion, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 813 million Effasans 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 large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 50.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Effasan economy, worth 40.1 trillion Kasses a year, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Cheese Exports, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 49,352 Kasses, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Super Barry Brothers is the most popular video game in the nation, soldiers' positions are given away by the glint of their bayonets, every workday begins with group therapy, and an aboriginal talking stick is used for leaders' debates at election time. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Effasa's national animal is the Pangolin, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Effasa is ranked 36,129^th in the world and 543^rd in Europe for Most Beautiful Environments, with 775.92 pounds of wildlife per square mile.