The Republic of Terrible farming nation 247 is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its daily referendums, compulsory military service, and prohibition of alcohol. The hard-nosed, devout population of 2.738 billion Terrible farming nation 247ians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Defense, and Education. The average income tax rate is 74.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Terrible farming nation 247ian economy, worth 171 trillion terrible monies a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized, quite specialized black market in Retail, Information Technology, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Basket Weaving. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 62,784 terrible monies, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Women no longer need to pepper conversations with incessant references to fictitious husbands, drug deals return to the streets as legions of undercover officers stalk the dark web, politicians can't accept birthday presents from their own children, and cassocked priests and choirboys believe that what happens behind closed doors stays behind closed doors. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Terrible farming nation 247's national animal is the terrible animal, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Terrible farming nation 247 is ranked 242,040^th in the world and 8,919^th in Osiris for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -5.31 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.