The People's Republic of Common8 is a titanic, orderly nation, ruled by Tate with an iron fist, and renowned for its deadly medical pandemics, enslaved workforce, and pith helmet sales. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless, devout population of 11.992 billion Common8ians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of St Anne. The average income tax rate is 79.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Common8ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,517 trillion bitcoins a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is extensive. Average income is an impressive 126,555 bitcoins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.7 times as much as the poorest.

Music award shows include surprise polygraph segments, shoppers carry protractors to verify their produce, squatters are reclaiming abandoned igloos, and the air force's greatness is based on how many enemies are made during procurement. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Common8's national animal is the unicorn, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Common8 is ranked 23,723^rd in the world and 5^th in Common Storage for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 3,030.69 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.