The Federation of Concord is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, notable for its compulsory military service and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed population of 26.996 billion Concordians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 50.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The large but underdeveloped Concordian economy, worth 608 trillion Yen a year, is quite specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Cheese Exports, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 22,555 Yen, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

College students make ends meet by selling their kidneys, voting is voluntary, Animal Liberationists are regularly jailed, and a large-scale revitalization of the education system is underway. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Concord's national animal is the Cat.

Concord is ranked 117,859^th in the world and 3^rd in New England for Most Primitive, scoring -33.17 on the Scary Big Number Scale.