The Republic of Handler III is a colossal, genial nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, frequent executions, and suspicion of poets. The compassionate population of 3.215 billion Handler IIIians 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 large government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 46.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but inefficient Handler IIIian economy, worth 116 trillion Juggernauts a year, is led by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 36,248 Juggernauts, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Convicts released after being found "wrongfully imprisoned" are surprisingly chill about the whole thing, every workday begins with group therapy, Handler III City's main city thoroughfare has been blocked by a row of leyland cypresses that mysteriously appeared overnight, and the needs of the living outweigh the needs of the dead. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Handler III's national animal is the Juggernaut, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Handler III is ranked 195,566^th in the world and 74^th in Stygian Abbey for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 6,096.73 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.