The Federal Republic of Circle Order is a huge, genial nation, notable for its ubiquitous missile silos, daily referendums, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 421 million Orderians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Corus. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 18.5%.

The very strong Orderian economy, worth 33.0 trillion Circles a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Pizza Delivery. Average income is 78,489 Circles, with the richest citizens earning 7.7 times as much as the poorest.

Census workers struggle to account for the rapidly increasing number of citizens to tabulate, multiple births are a cause of celebration for tax collectors, sheep-like political loyalists repeat the mantra "one wheel bad, three wheels good", and gift baskets often contain working nukes. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Circle Order's national animal is the Eagle.

Circle Order is ranked 60,936^th in the world and 2,791^st in The North Pacific for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 2,575.37 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.