The Republic of Slaaa is a small, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service. The hard-working population of 26 million Slaaans 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 tiny government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Defense. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 6.9%.

The Slaaan economy, worth 1.15 trillion lire a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Automobile Manufacturing, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 44,056 lire, with the richest citizens earning 7.7 times as much as the poorest.

The streets are increasingly clogged with poverty-stricken beggars, only fully-fledged members of MENSA are allowed to vote, the government's religious works are headed by a New Age guru, and corporations are forbidden from employing outside the nation. Crime, especially youth-related, is relatively low. Slaaa's national animal is the lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Slaaa is ranked 176,107^th in the world and 476^th in The Communist Bloc for Most Primitive, scoring -68.19 on the Scary Big Number Scale.