The Confederacy of Columbardy is a small, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service and irreverence towards religion. The hard-working, democratic population of 45 million Columbards hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 9.7%.

The thriving Columbard economy, worth 3.27 trillion dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Information Technology, and Gambling. Average income is 72,595 dollars, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 208,738 per year while the poor average 20,065, a ratio of 10.4 to 1.

Young adults are stepping outside for the first time in ages after video games were recently banned, economists claim no news is good news, anti-tourism militias patrol the borders, and politicians and casino owners who so much as wander into the same room are arrested on the spot. Crime, especially youth-related, is relatively low. Columbardy's national animal is the turkey, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Columbardy is ranked 309,391^st in the world and 3,662^nd in The North Pacific for Largest Populations, with 45.0 million capita.