The Republic of The Golden Pig is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Max McCarter with a fair hand, and notable for its otherworldly petting zoo, ubiquitous missile silos, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.579 billion Golden Pigians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Silverswine. The average income tax rate is 66.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Golden Pigian economy, worth 174 trillion metzas a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 110,739 metzas, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Parents often leave their kids in the car while they attend mindfulness meditation sessions, factories are regularly demolished to make way for low-cost housing areas, the freedom to be free is always just out of reach, and citizens are exhausted from weekly general elections. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Golden Pig's national animal is the Pig, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

The Golden Pig is ranked 188,629^th in the world and 122^nd in Thaecia for Largest Populations, with 1.58 billion capita.