The Republic of Concordia City is a mid-sized, safe nation, renowned for its rum-swilling pirates, compulsory military service, and restrictive gun laws. The cynical population of 62 million Concordians 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 Administration. The average income tax rate is 29.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Concordian economy, worth 3.63 trillion Cordia Dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Retail, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 58,514 Cordia Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

Tourists need only sign on the dotted line to become citizens, it is against the rules of boxing to hit above or below the belt, playing card suits are sold separately, and fewer people are bathing as citizens must show ration stamps before they can turn on their faucets. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Concordia City's national animal is the Lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Concordia City is ranked 107,683^rd in the world and 35^th in The Sacred Elite for Most Developed, scoring 59.83 on the Human Development Index.