The Democratic People's Republic of Ficklovia is a colossal, cultured nation, remarkable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, smutty television, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 4.856 billion Ficklovians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Potemkingrad. The average income tax rate is 98.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Ficklovian economy, worth 778 trillion Fickloes 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 Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 160,384 Fickloes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The saying "when pigs fly" has been changed to "when the lights work", visiting the best Ficklovian restaurants requires keeping a visa on file, sharks are enjoying their deliveries of canned food, and pedants defending Leader observe that psychopaths and sociopaths aren't exactly the same thing. Crime is totally unknown. Ficklovia's national animal is the Gandras, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Ficklovia is ranked 88,599^th in the world and 724^th in The Leftist Assembly for Safest, scoring 87.89 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.