The Republic of Small Circle Default is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by Leader with an iron fist, and remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates and ban on automobiles. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 2.911 billion Defaulters are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The relatively small, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of NationStates. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 13.9%.

The strong Default economy, worth 172 trillion Defaults a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Woodchip Exports, Pizza Delivery, and Gambling. Average income is 59,008 Defaults, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 167,897 per year while the poor average 16,550, a ratio of 10.1 to 1.

Disadvantaged youths often commit felonies to enhance their educational prospects, the military is on a massive recruiting drive in advance of an invasion of Brasilistan, candidates for public office painstakingly research their family trees to ensure their eligibility, and museum employees look down on short people. Crime is relatively low, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Small Circle Default's national animal is the Default, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Small Circle Default is ranked 251,712^th in the world and 1^st in FALLOUT America for Rudest Citizens, with 26.52 insults per minute.