The Interstellar State of The Confederation of Earth is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by President Anton Chekov with an iron fist, and notable for its public floggings, punitive income tax rates, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 5.352 billion Worlds are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Earth. The average income tax rate is 94.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Confederation of Earthian economy, worth 924 trillion Energy Credits a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 172,672 Energy Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

There's a literal nanny state for the legions of children taken by social services, droves of former desperados are applying to join the border police, soldiers are "encouraged" to advance by armed officers behind them, and punk-rockers and girl-bands are united in their loss of fashion statements. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Confederation of Earth's national animal is the Pakleds, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Humanocentrism.

The Confederation of Earth is ranked 200,975^th in the world and 3,807^th in The North Pacific for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry, scoring 472.38 on the Spitz-Pollish Productivity Index.