The Colony of Caprice is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Dawn with a fair hand, and notable for its smutty television, compulsory gun ownership, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 1.203 billion Capricans love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large, outspoken government prioritizes Education, with Administration, Healthcare, and Welfare also on the agenda, while Defense isn't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capri. The average income tax rate is 76.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Capricious economy, worth 156 trillion sand dollars a year, is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 130,450 sand dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The alarmingly racist TV show 'Bigtopians Say the Darndest Things' is a hit, heavy industry must go to expensive lengths to dispose of waste, burial ceremonies have become as routinised as tax forms, and robotic spouses prove to be just as imperfect as flesh and blood ones. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Caprice's national animal is the mermaid, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is pacifism.

Caprice is ranked 3,150^th in the world and 124^th in Lazarus for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 65.12 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.