The People's Republic of THE daily Fish is a huge, socially progressive nation, ruled by Comrade Ivan Yerkov with a fair hand, and notable for its compulsory military service, public floggings, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 931 million daily Fishians 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 enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Grand Workerscity. The average income tax rate is 90.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong daily Fishian economy, worth 77.5 trillion SITS 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 Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 83,270 SITS, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Droves of former desperados are applying to join the border police, burning twigs to keep warm while lost in the wild is now a felony, women who walk into the ladies' changing room are accused of being Peeping Toms, and people reciting Shakespeare have become a common sight. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. THE daily Fish's national animal is the Ant, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

THE daily Fish is ranked 77,035^th in the world and 26^th in Socialists for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 4,201.97 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.