The Socialist Communes of Side 10 is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its state-planned economy, compulsory vegetarianism, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, cynical, cheerful population of 15.392 billion Communards are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The enormous, socially-minded, well-organized government prioritizes Education, although Healthcare, Environment, and Administration are also considered important, while Spirituality receives no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Eringrad. The average income tax rate is 99.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Side 10ian economy, worth a remarkable 2,824 trillion credits a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Retail. Average income is an impressive 183,499 credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Critical thinking is grounds for expulsion from university, too many developers spoil the codebase, a good deed is rewarded with a thank you note attached to a deportation order, and the nation's ambassadors often conduct their business in jail cells. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Side 10's national animal is the tapir, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Side 10 is ranked 276,717^th in the world and 6,131^st in The North Pacific for Most Cultured, scoring 53 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.