The Watchfires of Com bloc is a gargantuan, orderly nation, notable for its frequent executions, smutty television, and free-roaming dinosaurs. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 16.856 billion Com blocians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 41.6%.

The powerhouse Com blocian economy, worth a remarkable 1,182 trillion $$s a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Automobile Manufacturing, and Furniture Restoration. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 70,159 $$s, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.5 times as much as the poorest.

Police officers that upset their bosses get assigned to 24 hour stakeouts of bike sheds, edutainment video games are taking Com bloc's students to the next level, radio stations are forbidden to play anything with too much drum or bass, and the experimental sculpture "Overtures In Dried Laughing Swordfish Dung" has been declared a national treasure. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Com bloc's national animal is the Laughing swordfish, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways.

Com bloc is ranked 78,207^th in the world and 1^st in Communist Bloc for Lowest Crime Rates, with 68.81 law-abiding acts per hour.