The Federal Republic of Aguacada is a huge, cultured nation, renowned for its daily referendums, frequent executions, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, democratic population of 246 million Aguacadans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Healthcare, and Education. The average income tax rate is 62.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Aguacadan economy, worth 9.83 trillion Aguacada Pesos a year, is quite specialized and led by the Basket Weaving industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Cheese Exports, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 39,943 Aguacada Pesos, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Businesses are forced to bring all work back within the nation's borders, the government has instituted 'traveller reservations' across the country, teams of painters are converting road signs from horse lengths to kilometers, and the best way to be heard in politics is to speak softly and carry a big comedy prop. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Aguacada's national animal is the Chupacabra, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Aguacada is ranked 136,970^th in the world and 285^th in The Communist Bloc for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring 1,154.99 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.