The Democratic States of Progressus terra is a colossal, genial nation, ruled by Sophia Aria Anastasia Veratine with a fair hand, and notable for its public floggings, national health service, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic population of 9.316 billion terranas 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 government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of terra de libera. The average income tax rate is 90.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but sluggish terrana economy, worth 298 trillion Terrims a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity. The industrial sector, which is extremely specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 32,028 Terrims, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A suspicious number of John Smiths are known to donate to terrana politicians, solid-gold toilets are terrana prisons' least expensive furnishings, political clichés like "band-aid solutions" and "adrenaline shots to the economy" are headed for the dumpster, and the mob and the police have recently had numerous clashes in the back alleys of Progressus terra's cities due to the government's steadfast anti-casino stance. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Progressus terra's national animal is the Cormorant, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Progressus terra is ranked 12,882^nd in the world and 7^th in Antarctica for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 54.3 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.