The United Socialist States of Encaoua is a huge, cultured nation, notable for its pith helmet sales, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 322 million Encaouans 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 government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Nikiema. The average income tax rate is 69.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Encaouan economy, worth 27.5 trillion Dinars a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Retail, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 85,384 Dinars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Glittering new sports stadiums adorn every city and town, kids are told they can be whoever they want to be when they grow up, doctors spend more time writing sick notes than caring for the sick, and commemorative mugs remembering last year's Black Friday Crockery Riots are a best seller this year. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Encaoua's national animal is the Otter, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Encaoua is ranked 28,769^th in the world and 544^th in The Communist Bloc for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 6,545.72 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.