The Community of Escalopia is a small, cultured nation, renowned for its anti-smoking policies, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 40 million Escalopians 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 medium-sized, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 22.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Escalopian economy, worth 1.55 trillion Escalopian Cashes 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 black market in Tourism, Book Publishing, Basket Weaving, and Trout Farming. 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 38,741 Escalopian Cashes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Leader tells rebellious ministers to "drop and give me twenty", only AIs know why the nation is rapidly increasing its semiconductor stockpile, reflection is vital for badly behaved politicians, and cheese lovers have a case of the bleus. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Escalopia's national animal is the dove, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Escalopia is ranked 177,983^rd in the world and 635^th in Europeia for Most Corrupt Governments, with 3.02 kickbacks per hour.