The Federation of Cantinentia is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by President Terod Armit with an iron fist, and remarkable for its frequent executions, compulsory military service, and stringent health and safety legislation. The cynical population of 1.04 billion Cantinentians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The large, socially-minded government prioritizes Education, although Defense, Law & Order, and Administration are also considered important, while Spirituality is ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Cantinentia City. The average income tax rate is 53.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Cantinentian economy, worth 53.0 trillion Cantinentian Lire a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 50,995 Cantinentian Lire, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

It is quite common for bar patrons to discuss Wittgenstein over cordials and games of backgammon, suburban backyards are seized by the government and turned into national parks, citizens are exhausted from weekly general elections, and graverobbers claim they're acting within the interest of 'scientific preservation'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cantinentia's national animal is the Gorilla, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Cantinentia is ranked 67,556^th in the world and 2^nd in Centrilia for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 1,514.12 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.