The Democratic Imperium of Capercom is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by President Benz with an even hand, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, frequent executions, and ubiquitous missile silos. The compassionate, democratic, humorless population of 14.606 billion Capertonians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Caperstown. The average income tax rate is 95.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Capercomian economy, worth a remarkable 1,653 trillion Dollars a year, is highly specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Book Publishing, and Tourism. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 113,212 Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Money grows on trees, a ban on robots in disguise has transformed the entertainment industry, army doctors who come under attack defend themselves by using stethoscopes like nunchaku, and sausages are seldom seen in the supermarket. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Capercom's national animal is the Gorilla, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Capercom is ranked 9,890^th in the world and 650^th in Lazarus for Lowest Crime Rates, with 101.31 law-abiding acts per hour.