The Interstellar State of The Confederation of Earth is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by President Anton Chekov with an iron fist, and remarkable for its public floggings, compulsory military service, and strictly enforced bedtime. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 4.152 billion Worlds 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 large, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Earth. The average income tax rate is 93.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Confederation of Earthian economy, worth 723 trillion Energy Credits a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 174,182 Energy Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nation is wading into dangerous waters, tech-mad citizens think that the laser-powered bread-slicer uPhone App is the coolest thing since sliced bread, children grow up long before the paperwork for their lemonade stands can be sorted out, and foreign leaders' Twitcher accounts are monitored for potential threats to national security. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Confederation of Earth's national animal is the Pakleds, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Humanocentrism.

The Confederation of Earth is ranked 259,003^rd in the world and 5,702^nd in The North Pacific for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 43.04 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.