The Emoticons of Smiley Bob is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Danielle with a fair hand, and remarkable for its daily referendums, keen interest in outer space, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 39.596 billion Smilers 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 government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, liberal, outspoken morass — juggles the competing demands of Environment, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Avengers Tower. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Smiley economy, worth an astonishing 12,569 trillion pikas a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is extremely specialized, is mostly made up of the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 317,448 pikas, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Drunk drivers are sent to rehabilitation paid for by the government, all the world's a stage for Smiley political theatrics, the highest sporting award is the Grail of Tears, and the thin blue line is composed of picketing police officers demanding better pensions. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Smiley Bob's national animal is the dragon, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is a tie.

Smiley Bob is ranked 83^rd in the world and 1^st in Hollow Point for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 111.24 Effective Tax Rate.