The Republic of Selfish Desires is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its pith helmet sales, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, hard-working population of 2.668 billion Selfish Desiresians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Industry. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 53.4%.

The thriving Selfish Desiresian economy, worth 181 trillion deniers a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 67,957 deniers, with the richest citizens earning 6.0 times as much as the poorest.

No-one can foil the ambitions of Big Aluminium, victims of limb-mauling industrial accidents are told to keep working with their remaining hand, the people consider response to rudeness to be an acceptable casus belli, and kindhearted Selfish Desiresians generously pay taxes for citizens of other countries. Crime, especially youth-related, is almost non-existent, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Selfish Desires's national animal is the sheep, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Selfish Desires is ranked 67,245^th in the world and 1^st in New Welgard for Nicest Citizens, with 16.29 average smiles per day.