The The Card-Collecting Colony of The Collective of Understanding Men is a huge, cultured nation, remarkable for its strictly enforced bedtime, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 583 million Collective of Understanding Menians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of villeville. The average income tax rate is 53.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Collective of Understanding Menian economy, worth 50.7 trillion Cod points a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Trout Farming, Information Technology, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 87,022 Cod points, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

A government program is underway to revitalize The Collective of Understanding Men's beaches, truncheon-mounted cameras record the beating of criminals in dynamic HD detail, the government is making attempts at curtailing the flood of spam emails with little progress, and the dessert 'Death by Chocolate' isn't the most lethal dish on the menu. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Collective of Understanding Men's national animal is the Keegans Mom, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

The Collective of Understanding Men is ranked 265,525^th in the world and 6,435^th in the Rejected Realms for Most Patriotic, with 0.98 flags saluted per person per day.