The Concordium of Independent Planets is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by Chief Executive Mark Halpert with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, free-roaming dinosaurs, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, cheerful, devout population of 45.405 billion Planetians 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, Spirituality, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Saint Francis. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Planetian economy, worth an astonishing 15,469 trillion credits a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 340,709 credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The national economy makes a whole lot of nothing, wildlife have trouble navigating the electric fences surrounding national forests, foreign musicians that Chief Executive Mark Halpert dislikes are turned away at the border, and scientists are terrified of fabulous new breakthroughs. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Independent Planets's national animal is the ox, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Independent Planets is ranked 265^th in the world and 1^st in Texas for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 24,023.77 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.