The Democratic Republic of Common States is a mammoth, safe nation, ruled by Paris Jones with an even hand, and remarkable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, smutty television, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate population of 5.218 billion Common Statesians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Unity City. The average income tax rate is 87.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Common Statesian economy, worth 940 trillion dollars a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 180,159 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Stranded mountaineers can watch livestreamed footage of their rescues, older citizens lament over the loss of law and order, the nation is completely gun-free, and more and more musicians are refusing to put labels on their sound. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Common States's national animal is the panther, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Freedom of Religion.

Common States is ranked 258,055^th in the world and 27^th in United Commonwealth for Largest Black Market, with 142 billion Standard Monetary Units.