The Confederated Communes of Guthrie is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by The Guthrian General Assembly with an even hand, and renowned for its soft-spoken computers, free-roaming dinosaurs, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate population of 1.574 billion Guthrians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The large, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Arlo City. The average income tax rate is 92.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Guthriean economy, worth 238 trillion Isnotas a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 151,409 Isnotas, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Officials pull all-nighters to check immigrants for potential links to terrorists, the diplomatic corps stinks, The Pipe Bomb Makers' Pop-Up Book can be found in preschool libraries, and relations with Dàguó have warmed from frosty to chilly. Crime is totally unknown. Guthrie's national animal is the Woody Guthrie, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Guthrie is ranked 8,614^th in the world and 12^th in Anarchy for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 439.11 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.