The Commonwealth of The Socialist Marketplace is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, notable for its absence of drug laws, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The democratic population of 21.052 billion Socialist Marketplaceans love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded, outspoken morass — prioritizes Welfare, although Healthcare and Education are also considered important. The average income tax rate is 76.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but stagnant Socialist Marketplacean economy, worth 259 trillion trading goods a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Furniture Restoration industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Trout Farming. Average income is 12,332 trading goods, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Socialist Marketplace's national animal is the ox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

The Socialist Marketplace is ranked 75,990^th in the world and 1^st in the Socialist Marketplace for Lowest Crime Rates, with 69.15 law-abiding acts per hour.