The People's Republic of Sisconia is a large, genial nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, hatred of cheese, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 128 million Sisconians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 76.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The imploded Sisconian economy, worth 799 billion cards a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Gambling. Average income is 6,246 cards, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Grinding bureaucracy has the international wheels of justice turning slowly, surveillance cameras are banned, the bunny is a protected species, and it is illegal to make racist remarks in public. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Sisconia's national animal is the bunny, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Sisconia is ranked 175,854^th in the world and 2,654^th in The North Pacific for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 136.73 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.