The Democratic States of Posterland is a very large, orderly nation, remarkable for its zero percent divorce rate, compulsory military service, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 232 million Posterlandians 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 relatively small, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 15.3%.

The strong Posterlandian economy, worth 16.4 trillion Postercurrencies a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Uranium Mining, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 70,648 Postercurrencies, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 201,981 per year while the poor average 19,683, a ratio of 10.3 to 1.

Popular cartoon characters frequently appear in government-sponsored PSAs reminding students to say no to drugs, the military perceives nations hit by natural disasters as "easy pickings", mathematicians are gathering an infinite number of Teddy the Dogs and typewriters to see if they can recreate the works of Max Barry, and vile black smog from coal power plants has enveloped several major urban centres. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Posterland's national animal is the Teddy the Dog.

Posterland is ranked 250,716^th in the world and 100^th in UEPU Federal Republic for Nicest Citizens, with 9.76 average smiles per day.