The Federal Republic of CommonSense is a fledgling, safe nation, remarkable for its irreverence towards religion. The democratic population of 6 million CommonSenseans love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 31.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The CommonSensean economy, worth 196 billion Intelligent Thoughs a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Soda Sales industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Automobile Manufacturing, and Gambling. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 32,734 Intelligent Thoughs, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The tenet of free speech is held dear, the government awards prizes to television shows featuring stereotype-breaking minority roles, many friends and relatives of Leader have been given ambassador jobs in tropical island nations, and the most penniless demographics have by far the highest number of researchers per capita. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. CommonSense's national animal is the Flying Pig.

CommonSense is ranked 41,264^th in the world and 5^th in Imperatus for Most Politically Free, scoring 80.44 on the Diebold Election Inking Scale.