The Potatolactic DicTATERship of The Socialist Dictatorship of Potatostan is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by Potato King with an iron fist, and remarkable for its ubiquitous missile silos, pith helmet sales, and zero percent divorce rate. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 1.42 billion Potatostaniis are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, although Administration, Law & Order, and Industry are also considered important, while Welfare and International Aid are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Potatoland. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 77.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Potatostani economy, worth 183 trillion Potatoes 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, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Trout Farming, and Automobile Manufacturing. 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 an impressive 129,123 Potatoes, with the richest citizens earning 6.4 times as much as the poorest.

The bonfire of the old paper records can be seen for miles around Potatoland, the carbon footprint falls along with the human footprint during war, fancy dress parties are raided by military police for new recruits, and the most common answers to where babies come from are "uh... ask your mother" and "um... ask your father". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Socialist Dictatorship of Potatostan's national animal is the Potato, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Potatoism.

The Socialist Dictatorship of Potatostan is ranked 198,894^th in the world and 1,346^th in 10000 Islands for Most Income Equality, scoring 15.6 on the Marx-Engels Emancipation Scale.