The Republic of Candidates is a massive, socially progressive nation, renowned for its compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 3.922 billion Candidatesians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The tiny, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Spirituality. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 5.8%.

The thriving Candidatesian economy, worth 266 trillion baht a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Furniture Restoration, and Information Technology. Average income is 67,961 baht, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 240,562 per year while the poor average 13,862, a ratio of 17.4 to 1.

Crime is a problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Candidates's national animal is the sheep.

Candidates is ranked 216,555^th in the world and 8,492^nd in Lazarus for Safest, scoring 29.03 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.