The Republic of A Really Old Book is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 402 million librarians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Public Transport. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 37.2%.

The sizeable but inefficient librarian economy, worth 17.5 trillion bananas a year, is dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Trout Farming, Retail, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 43,575 bananas, with the richest citizens earning 6.3 times as much as the poorest.

The average video game can be completed over lunch break, a ban on unsolicited cold calling in all forms is in effect, only the wealthy vote, and those who cut young children are told to cut it out. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. A Really Old Book's national animal is the banana, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

A Really Old Book is ranked 142,105^th in the world and 134^th in The Black Hawks for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 37.2 Effective Tax Rate.