The Protectorate of Castle In Confidence is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Servant James Ruche with an iron fist, and remarkable for its anti-smoking policies. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 8.901 billion Castleites are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Spirituality, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Confidentia. The average income tax rate is 31.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Castle In Confidencean economy, worth 435 trillion Lunaires a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Cheese Exports, and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 48,881 Lunaires, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Every week is blindness awareness week, nose plugs are the latest Castle In Confidencean fashion accessory, new safety regulations require all cars manufactured in Castle In Confidence to be bombproof, and old warplanes and tanks that break down can't be repaired since no one makes the parts anymore. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, despite the fact that it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many laws. Castle In Confidence's national animal is the Owl, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Roman Catholicism.

Castle In Confidence is ranked 162,282^nd in the world and 836^th in the Plains of Perdition for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 298.34 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.