The Republic of Decolonia is a very large, genial nation, remarkable for its infamous sell-swords, disturbing lack of elderly people, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 449 million Decolonians 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 enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sydney. The average income tax rate is 78.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Decolonian economy, worth 33.1 trillion dollars a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Tourism, and Automobile Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 73,808 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

A soldier's body is a temple, religious education is a new government priority, the government seizes the property of the recently deceased, and economists have been named Invertebrates of the Year. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Decolonia's national animal is the dingo, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Decolonia is ranked 275,200^th in the world and 1,141^st in Europe for Largest Populations, with 449 million capita.