The Royal Commonwealth of Cowbridge is a huge, safe nation, ruled by King William III with a fair hand, and notable for its pith helmet sales, rampant corporate plagiarism, and national health service. The compassionate, democratic population of 844 million Cowbridgeans hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sardon. The average income tax rate is 66.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Cowbridgean economy, worth 89.8 trillion Cowbridgean Ducats a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 106,347 Cowbridgean Ducats, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Politicians who vacation in East Lebatuck lose their jobs upon their return, public incontinence is a growing problem amongst the nation's women, Cowbridgeans are regularly fired for looking at MyFace during their lunch breaks, and corporate lobbying has been outlawed. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cowbridge's national animal is the fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Cowbridge is ranked 176,846^th in the world and 8,286^th in The North Pacific for Most Authoritarian, with 349.1 milliStalins.