The Transsolar syzygy ☍ of CounterEarth is a mammoth, cultured nation, ruled by jai Sheelal the Priest-King with a fair hand, and renowned for its state-planned economy, public floggings, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 5.254 billion CounterEarthers 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 medium-sized, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of port Kar. The average income tax rate is 35.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The large but sluggish transsolar economy, worth 108 trillion silver tarns a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Basket Weaving industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Book Publishing, and Information Technology. Average income is 20,621 silver tarns, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Torture is illegal, geosynchronous satellites are now manned by unpaid interns, major cities shut down as their local sports team takes to the field every day, and arguments about toilet seats being left up or down get surprisingly heated. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. CounterEarth's national animal is the tarn, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is entemotheosis of Sardar.

CounterEarth is ranked 225,550^th in the world and 1^st in CounterEarth for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 29.84 on the Bus Surprisal Index.