The Commonwealth of The Potatoe Islands is a colossal, socially progressive nation, ruled by The Great Potatoe Council with a fair hand, and notable for its prohibition of alcohol, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 3.123 billion PotatoeBeings 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 large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Potatoe Fields City. The average income tax rate is 78.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Potatoe Islandsian economy, worth 325 trillion Potatoes 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 Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Basket Weaving. Average income is an impressive 104,073 Potatoes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Park rangers struggle to deal with a rash of stolen pic-a-nic baskets, pausing for applause during a speech is seen as a form of censorship, Coco the Clown has been elected to the nation's parliament, and public spending advocates dread when the government says they're here to help. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Potatoe Islands's national animal is the Potatoe Being, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Potatoism.

The Potatoe Islands is ranked 19,803^rd in the world and 1,082^nd in Balder for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 77.97 Effective Tax Rate.