The Rogue Nation of Lt Columbo is a very large, safe nation, renowned for its irreverence towards religion and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 320 million Lt Columboans 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 Law & Order, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 26.5%.

The strong Lt Columboan economy, worth 16.1 trillion dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Door-to-door Insurance Sales industry, with significant contributions from Retail, Cheese Exports, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 50,394 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.7 times as much as the poorest.

Saying "don't do anything that Leader wouldn't do" doesn't exclude a great deal, organ donation is compulsory, it turns out that you actually can put a price on intangible cultural heritage, and the alarmingly racist TV show 'Bigtopians Say the Darndest Things' is a hit. Crime is well under control, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lt Columbo's national animal is the horse.

Lt Columbo is ranked 58,087^th in the world and 32^nd in Lucent for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 4,376.11 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.