The Republic of Consoland is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Consus Magnus with an iron fist, and notable for its smutty television, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 3.337 billion Consolandians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Consonia. The average income tax rate is 53.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Consolandian economy, worth 348 trillion Consuses a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 104,168 Consuses, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government has an entire department dedicated to staring at microscopes and writing down letters, small children are frequently chased by rehabilitated pitbulls, retirement homes are often fitted with luxurious suites, and descriptions of properties as "a stone's throw from the city centre" require a trebuchet to be true. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Consoland's national animal is the Axolotl, which can occasionally be seen avoiding garbage in the nation's murky oceans, and its national religion is Cult of Consus.

Consoland is ranked 57,204^th in the world and 202^nd in the Plains of Perdition for Smartest Citizens, with 41.32 quips per hour.