The Patroonship of Cobleskill is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by The Patroon with an iron fist, and renowned for its closed borders, prohibition of alcohol, and state-planned economy. The cynical, devout population of 3.174 billion Cobleskillians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of SUNY. The average income tax rate is 58.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Cobleskillian economy, worth 318 trillion SUNYs a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Tourism. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an impressive 100,159 SUNYs, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Scoutmasters debate whether luxury log cabins defeat the purpose of camping, bowling teams spend more time looking at their phones than the pins, the jails are alive with the sound of birdsong, and retiring citizens are dragged away in the middle of the night by mysterious men in black suits. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cobleskill's national animal is the Beaver, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Cobleskill is ranked 66,460^th in the world and 7^th in Upstate for Highest Average Incomes, with 100,159.26 Standard Monetary Units.