The United Socialist States of Strawmanistan is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Al Gore with an even hand, and renowned for its avant-garde cinema, national health service, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 26.779 billion Strawmanistanians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Strawmanistan City. The average income tax rate is 99.3%.

The powerhouse Strawmanistanian economy, worth a remarkable 3,784 trillion Internets a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is extremely specialized, is mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology. State-owned companies are the norm. Average income is an impressive 141,306 Internets, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

1% of global paper production is bound for the National Archive, Maxtopian villagers starve by the time Strawmanistanian officials even file the appropriate paperwork needed to help them, visitors often mistake the toiletplex at music festivals for the main stage, and knitting needles have been banned in the name of public safety. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Strawmanistan's national animal is the manatee, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Strawmanistan is ranked 497^th in the world and 2^nd in Stanistan for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring 6,564.05 on the Clooney Contribution Index.