The Sunshine Republic of Freetopia12 is a mammoth, cultured nation, ruled by President Independence with a fair hand, and renowned for its rum-swilling pirates, compulsory military service, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 5.17 billion Freetopians 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 large, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Freetopia City. The average income tax rate is 53.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Freetopian economy, worth 364 trillion Freetopian Rallods a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Basket Weaving, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 70,477 Freetopian Rallods, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Gambling addicts regularly lose their families' nest eggs at Native Freetopian casinos, back-alley holistic doctors carry crystals in long trench coats, airplane passengers have been known to stuff pillows in their jackets to get extra arm room, and President Independence claims tax rises are the result of 'curses'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Freetopia12's national animal is the Velvet Lynx, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is The Radiant Covenant.

Freetopia12 is ranked 31,070^th in the world and 112^th in Concord for Smartest Citizens, with 55.48 quips per hour.