The Ongoing State of Absentia is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by youse with an even hand, and notable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, state-planned economy, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, humorless population of 41.515 billion Absentians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The tiny, corrupt government prioritizes Education, although Administration, Industry, and Environment are also considered important, while Spirituality and Welfare are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Middle of Nowhere. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Absentian economy, worth an astonishing 23,050 trillion ergs a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a large, well-organized black market in Information Technology, Tourism, Book Publishing, and Retail. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is a breathtaking 555,239 ergs, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The new 'Who Wants To Be A Politician' election debate auditions are more popular than the debates themselves, autocrats are persona non grata, curtailed social programs have left many citizens bereft of any safety net, and cheese has become the new icon of political dissent. Crime is totally unknown. Absentia's national animal is the cambot, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Absentia is ranked 3,811^th in the world and 1^st in CDW Federation for Highest Wealthy Incomes, with 707,085 Standard Monetary Units.