The Patroonship of Cobleskill is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by The Patroon with an iron fist, and notable for its daily referendums, lack of airports, and frequent executions. The cynical, devout population of 2.509 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, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Defense, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of SUNY. The average income tax rate is 45.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Cobleskillian economy, worth 205 trillion SUNYs a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 81,783 SUNYs, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Clergy who start talking about politics are forced to take a holy vow of silence, the nation's skies are now a wasteland, politicians and casino owners who so much as wander into the same room are arrested on the spot, and hospitals have to sell their computers on vBay in order to afford the ransomware decryption payments. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cobleskill's national animal is the Beaver, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Cobleskill is ranked 111,983^rd in the world and 8^th in Upstate for Most Corrupt Governments, with 11.58 kickbacks per hour.