The Federal Republic of Contordia is a huge, safe nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, anti-smoking policies, and suspicion of poets. The compassionate, hard-working, devout population of 582 million Contordians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Administration, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Discord. The average income tax rate is 23.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Contordian economy, worth 39.1 trillion Bottle Caps a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, and Tourism. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 67,195 Bottle Caps, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Court cases mostly involve lawyers shouting questions at witnesses giving silent shrugs, the death penalty has been reintroduced, the new hit series "Contordia's Got Trauma" has corporate executives fleeing the country, and seven-year-olds debate for weeks on the merits of the Oxford comma. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Contordia's national animal is the MQ-9 Reaper Drone, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Contordia is ranked 199,187^th in the world and 5,673^rd in The North Pacific for Largest Black Market, with 20.4 billion Standard Monetary Units.