The Confederacy of Thousand Selves is a tiny, cultured nation, notable for its compulsory military service and enforced nudity. The hard-nosed population of 8 million Selvesians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Spirituality. The average income tax rate is 25.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Requiem economy, worth 332 billion Emitters a year, is led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Automobile Manufacturing, and Information Technology. Average income is 41,603 Emitters, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

Voting is voluntary, a well-funded social safety net protects the unfortunate, the government keeps its thumb on the scales of justice, and parole hearings come with a complimentary ten-year extension. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force. Thousand Selves's national animal is the Aizawin Polar Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Thousand Selves is ranked 132,967^th in the world and 24^th in Corvinia Refounded for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 555.06 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.