The Incorporated States of Republic of Snakes is a large, efficient nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 56 million Republic of Snakesians are rabid consumers, partly through choice and partly because the government tells them to and dissenters tend to vanish from their homes at night.

The tiny, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Healthcare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 6.1%.

The very strong Republic of Snakesian economy, worth 3.78 trillion fannies a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Cheese Exports, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 67,432 fannies, with the richest citizens earning 9.9 times as much as the poorest.

Harry Potter books are banned, prudishness is on the way out, Animal Liberationists are regularly arrested, and punitive tariffs protect local industry. Crime is moderate, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Republic of Snakes's national animal is the eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Republic of Snakes is ranked 246,829^th in the world and 5,623^rd in The North Pacific for Most Cultured, scoring 63 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.