The United Socialist States of Encaoua is a huge, genial nation, remarkable for its frequent executions, ubiquitous missile silos, and unlimited-speed roads. The compassionate, democratic population of 334 million Encaouans are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Nikiema. The average income tax rate is 70.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Encaouan economy, worth 28.6 trillion Dinars a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Retail, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 85,559 Dinars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government sends submarines to retrieve bodies from shipwrecked submarines, streakers swamp all public events in order to bare it all, Encaouan husbands are dead good at fathering kids, and the dessert 'Death by Chocolate' isn't the most lethal dish on the menu. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Encaoua's national animal is the Otter, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Encaoua is ranked 40,381^st in the world and 759^th in The Communist Bloc for Most Beautiful Environments, with 743.12 pounds of wildlife per square mile.