The United Provinces of Cappedore is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by Consul Esther Faulkner with an even hand, and remarkable for its aversion to nipples, keen interest in outer space, and fear of technology. The hard-nosed, devout population of 14.891 billion Cappedorites enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked morass — juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Absolution. The average income tax rate is 90.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Cappedorite economy, worth a remarkable 1,337 trillion staters a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Trout Farming, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 89,800 staters, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The nation's reputation for treachery has left it sidelined on the international stage, a little pushing and pulling is needed for big ships to pass, the government is spending billions of taxpayer staters to support "struggling" industries, and candidates make campaign speeches at the funerals of former rivals. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cappedore's national animal is the bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Cappedore is ranked 284,021^st in the world and 4,571^st in The East Pacific for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 8,441.29 Standard Monetary Units.