The Federated Union of Democratic Colonies is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by Secretary General Morgan Leigh with an even hand, and remarkable for its otherworldly petting zoo, pith helmet sales, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, cheerful population of 36.268 billion Colonials are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The relatively small, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Viconia. The average income tax rate is 67.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Colonial economy, worth a remarkable 7,963 trillion DC Credits a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Automobile Manufacturing, and Arms Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 219,577 DC Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Former stunt pilots are unable to pass the licence test to fly a drone, the new national campaign exhorts men to "Show Some Class - Don't Sit On Your Ass", the carbon tax fund gladly supplies warm blankets when the poor can't pay their heating bills, and cogitators and mass debaters are skiving off work to hang around the National Symposium Park. Crime is totally unknown. Democratic Colonies's national animal is the Amber Hawk, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Democratic Colonies is ranked 145,152^nd in the world and 19^th in Greater Prussia for Rudest Citizens, with 22.2 Insults Per Minute.