The Confederacy of Model-16 is a huge, safe nation, renowned for its pith helmet sales, public floggings, and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 350 million Model-16ians 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 large, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Fort Kevasos. The average income tax rate is 42.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Model-16ian economy, worth 20.5 trillion dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Cheese Exports, Woodchip Exports, and Tourism. Average income is 58,451 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.0 times as much as the poorest.

In life full of care there is no time to stop and stare, citizens are remarkably well involved in the political process, telling someone to 'break a leg' is considered a criminal inducement to self harm, and rural communities are all but disenfranchised as politicians focus all their attention on winning the deciding urban votes. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Model-16's national animal is the Luscious-haired Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Model-16 is ranked 188,006^th in the world and 52^nd in Greater Dienstad for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 50 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.