The Protectorate of Common7 is a titanic, safe nation, ruled by Arif Alv with an iron fist, and remarkable for its frequent executions, prohibition of alcohol, and zero percent divorce rate. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 11.414 billion Common7ians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Islamabad. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 73.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Common7ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,436 trillion marks a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Retail, Arms Manufacturing, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 125,838 marks, with the richest citizens earning 6.0 times as much as the poorest.

Parents often ask to see a credit report before lending money to their own children, the poorest Common7ians live in 'the stacks', children high on sugar can often be seen bouncing off walls, and what's in your genes matters more than what's in your jeans. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Common7's national animal is the squirrel, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Muslim.

Common7 is ranked 83,499^th in the world and 9^th in Common Storage for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 114.85 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.