The Democratic States of Testing nation 4419 is a massive, efficient nation, renowned for its pith helmet sales, punitive income tax rates, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, humorless population of 3.443 billion Testing nation 4419ians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large, corrupt government prioritizes Industry, with Administration, Education, and Public Transport also on the agenda. The average income tax rate is 69.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Testing nation 4419ian economy, worth 587 trillion Shiny Green Things a year, is broadly diversified and mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Gambling, Uranium Mining, Furniture Restoration, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 170,778 Shiny Green Things, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.8 times as much as the poorest.

Young children are learning advanced physics to scientifically disprove the existence of Santa Claus, being able to unblock a u-bend pipe is considered a universally essential skill, students cut up leftover Shiny Green Things during Arts and Crafts, and suit-clad businessmen have been taking advantage of the relaxed welfare qualifications by shopping with food stamps. Crime is a major problem. Testing nation 4419's national animal is the Black Widow, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Testing nation 4419 is ranked 3,476^th in the world and 4^th in Testing nation 4418 for Largest Black Market, with 718 trillion Standard Monetary Units.