The Militarist Republic of Equitar is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Chancellor Nelson Singh with a fair hand, and renowned for its soft-spoken computers, smutty television, and vat-grown people. The hard-nosed, democratic population of 2.712 billion Equitarians 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 medium-sized, corrupt, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Warranyah. The average income tax rate is 47.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Equitarian economy, worth 364 trillion spindles 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 large, well-organized, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Tourism. 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 an impressive 134,324 spindles, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Public executions just aren't the cheery spectacles they once were, Equitarians believe manners maketh the leader, the nation has declared its intention to "stretch out", and police struggle to solve crimes due to the lack of fingerprint records. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Equitar's national animal is the falcon, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Equitar is ranked 66,878^th in the world and 95^th in The Kodiak Republic for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 2,870.29 on the Gilded Widget Scale.