The Confederacy of Thousand Selves is a fledgling, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, enforced nudity, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed population of 6 million Selvesians 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 medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Spirituality. The average income tax rate is 23.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Requiem economy, worth 249 billion Emitters a year, is led by the Trout Farming industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Automobile Manufacturing, and Information Technology. Average income is 41,608 Emitters, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

Military spending is on the increase, tourists from around the world come to visit the country's famous rainforests, public nudity is compulsory, and gambling is outlawed. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control, thanks to a capable police force. Thousand Selves's national animal is the Aizawin Polar Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Thousand Selves is ranked 262,805^th in the world and 61^st in Corvinia Refounded for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring 39.43 on the Kitten Softness Rating.