The State of Le Compagnie is a titanic, efficient nation, ruled by the Governor with an iron fist, and notable for its frequent executions, compulsory military service, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 12.672 billion Le Compagnieans are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The tiny, moralistic, pro-business, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Westminster. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 7.3%.

The very strong Le Compagniean economy, worth 925 trillion betales a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 73,057 betales, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 234,416 per year while the poor average 17,264, a ratio of 13.6 to 1.

Military spending is on the increase, it is illegal to make racist remarks in public, Le Compagnie has designated Westminster as its capital city, and The Governor has just been declared ruler of Le Compagnie in an international press conference. Crime is moderate, possibly because it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many regulations. Le Compagnie's national animal is the beaver, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Le Compagnie is ranked 254,194^th in the world and 1^st in Compagnie for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 21.68 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.