The Free and Happy Republic of Testing Happy is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by Gavin GB the 4th with an even hand, and notable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, compulsory military service, and smutty television. The compassionate, devout population of 6.36 billion Happyians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lexington. The average income tax rate is 70.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Happyian economy, worth a remarkable 1,002 trillion Happy Coins a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, fairly diversified black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Book Publishing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 157,585 Happy Coins, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Happyian husbands are dead good at fathering kids, catching an old friend by surprise on the street can be a shocking experience, immigrants flood the job queues as discrimination in the workplace makes a staggering comeback, and gift baskets often contain working nukes. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Testing Happy's national animal is the Zebra, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Christianity.

Testing Happy is ranked 49,412^th in the world and 1,243^rd in the South Pacific for Nicest Citizens, with 16.66 average smiles per day.