The Republic of Signar is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Director with an even hand, and renowned for its state-planned economy, vat-grown people, and digital currency. The compassionate population of 4.268 billion Signarians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Greyport. The average income tax rate is 96.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Signarian economy, worth 742 trillion marks 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 dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 173,939 marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Signarian watches list strained wrists as a common side effect, anti-government web sites are springing up, lovesick people are told 'it's not them, it's you', and government fact-checkers use surprising amounts of high explosive. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Signar's national animal is the parrot, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Solism.

Signar is ranked 4,711^th in the world and 121^st in the South Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 579.23 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.