The Republic of Bob The Blob is a huge, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-working, democratic population of 314 million blobs hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Defense. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 9.0%.

The strong blobby economy, worth 16.7 trillion blobs a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Cheese Exports, Woodchip Exports, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 53,034 blobs, with the richest citizens earning 7.1 times as much as the poorest.

Uploading purple prose to social media earns a place on a government watchlist. Crime, especially youth-related, is relatively low. Bob The Blob's national animal is the blob, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Bob The Blob is ranked 213,030^th in the world and 36^th in One Collective Brain Cell for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -3.17 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.