The Commonwealth of The Impoverished is a gargantuan, genial nation, remarkable for its daily referendums, smutty television, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, cheerful population of 25.524 billion Impoverishedians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small, liberal, outspoken government is primarily concerned with Education, with Welfare, Administration, and Industry also on the agenda, while Spirituality and Defense receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Implicity. The average income tax rate is 61.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Impoverishedian economy, worth a remarkable 7,860 trillion Impoverishments a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is an amazing 307,977 Impoverishments, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A large-scale revitalization of the education system is underway, the Supreme Court vehemently protects civil rights and the right to privacy, the weather report is the prisoners' favourite programme, and crayon squiggles were a late addition to the works of the Renaissance Old Masters. Crime, especially youth-related, is all-pervasive, probably because of the absence of a police force. The Impoverished's national animal is the Imp, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

The Impoverished is ranked 293,346^th in the world and 4,334^th in the Pacific for Lowest Crime Rates, with 3.5 law-abiding acts per hour.