The Empire of Compton-Conway is a mammoth, cultured nation, ruled by Compton with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, otherworldly petting zoo, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 9.263 billion Compton-Conwayians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of CC City. The average income tax rate is 67.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Compton-Conwayian economy, worth 902 trillion dollars a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 97,423 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Leisure is a crime in ski towns, the experimental sculpture "Overtures In Dried Eagle Dung" has been declared a national treasure, primetime re-runs of The Black and White Minstrel Show are a critical hit, and referenda can be called for any law at the request of at least one third of the voting population. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Compton-Conway's national animal is the eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Compton-Conway is ranked 28,976^th in the world and 533^rd in The East Pacific for Most Cultured, scoring 79 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.