The People's Socialist Republic of The Achterhoek is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Chairman Daan with an iron fist, and renowned for its vat-grown people, keen interest in outer space, and state-planned economy. The compassionate, cynical, cheerful population of 14.347 billion Achterhoekers 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 large, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lochem. The average income tax rate is 98.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Achterhoekian economy, worth a remarkable 2,748 trillion People's Guilders a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 191,589 People's Guilders, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Hospitals in The Achterhoek are too busy serving the needs of The Communist Bloc to see Achterhoekers, Chairman Daan's new door-knocking campaign has the sweet taste of success, unshaven men are viewed with suspicion in courts of law, and the government encourages conflict abroad to increase arms sales. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Achterhoek's national animal is the Deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

The Achterhoek is ranked 4,821^st in the world and 126^th in The Communist Bloc for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 15,346.97 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.