The Republic of Slug Island is a titanic, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its avant-garde cinema, compulsory military service, and parental licensing program. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 12.3 billion Slug Islandians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 65.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Slug Islandian economy, worth a remarkable 1,786 trillion Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Information Technology, and Furniture Restoration. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 145,281 Dollars, with the richest citizens earning 7.8 times as much as the poorest.

Elementary school children develop thousand-yard stares, the government will gladly pay you next Tuesday for a hamburger today, Slug Islandians ask their doctors whether chili peppers are right for them, and money can't buy you love but you can purchase a reasonable approximation of it. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Slug Island's national animal is the Island Slug, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Slug Island is ranked 28,020^th in the world and 76^th in The grimy backyard of Bigej for Highest Average Incomes, with 145,281.93 Standard Monetary Units.