The Confederacy of Columbianas is a titanic, safe nation, ruled by President Thompson with a fair hand, and remarkable for its frequent executions, public floggings, and free-roaming dinosaurs. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 12.18 billion Midamericans hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kansas City. The average income tax rate is 12.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Midamerican economy, worth a remarkable 2,518 trillion Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 206,789 Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Cogitators and mass debaters are skiving off work to hang around the National Symposium Park, the nation's interest in space is at an all-time high while interest in saving the planet is at an all-time low, the nation is ravaged by daily union strikes, and airplane passengers who purchase "basic economy" tickets are often assigned seats in the lavatory. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Columbianas's national animal is the Bald Eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Columbianas is ranked 199,744^th in the world and 5^th in Holding Cell for Fattest Citizens, with 9.34 Obesity Rate.