The Federation of Concilla is a huge, genial nation, notable for its irreverence towards religion, suspicion of poets, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 354 million Concilians 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 tiny government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Healthcare, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 8.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Concilian economy, worth 15.4 trillion Pesetas a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Uranium Mining, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 43,590 Pesetas, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Broken suspension systems are giving auto repair shops plenty of business, most academic research has ground to a halt, crayon squiggles were a late addition to the works of the Renaissance Old Masters, and over a third of the seats in sports stadiums have been removed to make room for female-only commodes. Crime is well under control. Concilla's national animal is the conciller fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Concilla is ranked 26,193^rd in the world and 30^th in Lands End for Most Rebellious Youth, scoring 1 on the Stark-Dean Displacement Index.