The Republic of Test Mark 12 is a massive, socially progressive nation, notable for its compulsory military service, state-planned economy, and irreverence towards religion. The democratic population of 1.228 billion Test Mark 12ians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 45.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Test Mark 12ian economy, worth 24.5 trillion Test Mark 12s a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 19,957 Test Mark 12s, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Test Mark 12's national animal is the Test Mark 12, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Test Mark 12 is ranked 239,745^th in the world and 8,887^th in Lazarus for Highest Food Quality, scoring 8.43 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.