The Republic of February 12 is a very large, pleasant nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, ubiquitous missile silos, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 393 million February 12ians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Social Policy, and Education. The average income tax rate is 9.9%.

The February 12ian economy, worth 12.0 trillion Cards a year, is highly specialized and led by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Gambling. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 30,638 Cards, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.1 times as much as the poorest.

Coffee-addicted citizens look forward to baristas getting their name wrong at local coffee shops, police officers often head to work wearing onesies and fluffy pink bunny-slippers, government popup ads are springing up like weeds, and homeless people are periodically found dead upon altars to assorted deities. Crime is a serious problem. February 12's national animal is the Card, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

February 12 is ranked 261,974^th in the world and 64^th in Calendar for Smartest Citizens, with 20.46 quips per hour.