The United Kingdom of Great Britain and also Ireland is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Prime Minister John Smith with a fair hand, and remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, rampant corporate plagiarism, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 4.698 billion Britons 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, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of London. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient British economy, worth a remarkable 1,051 trillion Pounds 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 dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an amazing 223,834 Pounds, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Offering a builder a cup of tea is a legal minefield, populations of two-headed Lions have been found around recently-uncovered archaeological sites, the government officially wants you to slow down and speak more clearly, and prime real estate is devoted to wind farms and solar energy generators. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Great Britain and also Ireland's national animal is the Lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Great Britain and also Ireland is ranked 289,820^th in the world and 54^th in The Allied Republics for Most Primitive, scoring -619.58 on the Scary Big Number Scale.