The Commonwealth of The Cavalier is a tiny, cultured nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, state-planned economy, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 18 million Cavaliers are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 33.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The developing Commonwealth economy, worth 645 billion dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Retail, and Soda Sales. Average income is 35,846 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The military patrols the streets in search of possible secessionists, politicians spend more time in courtrooms than in Parliament, maximum security fish farms leave caged salmon pining for the fjords, and citizens who leave the nation for work are instantly charged with treason. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Cavalier's national animal is the horse, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

The Cavalier is ranked 207,338^th in the world and 279^th in Christians for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 52.29 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.