The Republic of Common1 is a titanic, cultured nation, ruled by Fidel with an even hand, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, zero percent divorce rate, and national health service. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless, devout population of 12.311 billion Common1ians 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, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of common. The average income tax rate is 75.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Common1ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,428 trillion florins a year, is led by the Uranium Mining industry, with major contributions from Retail, Book Publishing, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is frequent. Average income is an impressive 116,068 florins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.5 times as much as the poorest.

Parents who try to organize playdates for their kids have police drop through their ceilings, t-bagging dead Bigtopians merits a medal of honor, top universities admit students based on how often they correct interviewers, and the nation's secret service is so secret that nobody knows if it has one. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Common1's national animal is the horse, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Catholic.

Common1 is ranked 46,072^nd in the world and 10^th in Common Storage for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 2,076.25 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.