The Republic of Transpolder is a very large, socially progressive nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The quiet, industrious population of 147 million Transpolderians 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, Defense, and Education. The average income tax rate is 52.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Transpolderian economy, worth 3.68 trillion guilders a year, is quite specialized and led by the Pizza Delivery industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Trout Farming, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 25,024 guilders, and distributed extremely evenly, with little 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. Transpolder's national animal is the swan.

Transpolder is ranked 115,991^st in the world and 35^th in Rushmore for Most Patriotic, with 13.66 flags saluted per person per day.