The Corporate Empire of The Capitol States is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Empress Alexandra with an even hand, and renowned for its flagrant waste-dumping, keen interest in outer space, and vat-grown people. The hard-nosed, hard-working, humorless population of 17.712 billion Capital Citizens are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The minute, corrupt, pro-business government, or what there is of one, prioritizes Defense, although Industry, Administration, and Education are also considered important, while Environment and Welfare are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capital Prime. Income tax is unheard of.

The frighteningly efficient Capital States economy, worth a remarkable 6,246 trillion Zerifs a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Gambling. Average income is an amazing 352,674 Zerifs, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 2,152,733 per year while the poor average 25,500, a ratio of 84.4 to 1.

Running a hot dog stand is harder than achieving a doctorate, citizens have to identify all the polar bears in a blizzard photo in order to access their bank account, politicians always seem to take two steps forward then three steps back, and The Pipe Bomb Makers' Pop-Up Book can be found in preschool libraries. Crime is all-pervasive, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. The Capitol States's national animal is the Magpie, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

The Capitol States is ranked 293,778^th in the world and 1^st in The Isle of Gold for Lowest Crime Rates, with 3.09 law-abiding acts per hour.