The Patroonship of Cobleskill is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by The Patroon with an iron fist, and remarkable for its closed borders, soft-spoken computers, and zero percent divorce rate. The cynical, devout population of 2.883 billion Cobleskillians 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 medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Administration, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of SUNY. The average income tax rate is 59.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Cobleskillian economy, worth 285 trillion SUNYs a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Uranium Mining, and Tourism. Average income is 98,975 SUNYs, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Voting is voluntary, it is popularly believed that "cheese every day keeps disaster away", The Patroon claims tax rises are the result of 'curses', and disadvantaged neighbourhoods have become no-go areas after sundown. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cobleskill's national animal is the Beaver, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Cobleskill is ranked 74,863^rd in the world and 2^nd in Upstate for Most Developed, scoring 68.86 on the Human Development Index.