The State of Conestoga Lake is a gargantuan, efficient nation, remarkable for its complete lack of prisons, complete absence of social welfare, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 38.683 billion Conestoga Lakeans are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The minute, pro-business, outspoken government, or what there is of one, prioritizes Education, with Industry also on the agenda, while Spirituality and Welfare are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capital Heights. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.9%.

The very strong Conestoga Lakean economy, worth a remarkable 1,737 trillion betales a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is led by the Pizza Delivery industry, with major contributions from Soda Sales, Woodchip Exports, and Book Publishing. Average income is 44,915 betales, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 305,368 per year while the poor average 2,413, a ratio of 126 to 1.

The latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, a large-scale revitalization of the education system is underway, it is a crime to offend someone's religious beliefs, and Conestoga Lake has designated Capital Heights as its capital city. Crime is a major problem, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Conestoga Lake's national animal is the deer, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Conestoga Lake is ranked 63,687^th in the world and 162^nd in State for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 3,258.46 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.