The Republic of Consul138 is a very large, genial nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, compulsory gun ownership, and complete absence of social welfare. The compassionate population of 350 million Consul138ians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Social Policy, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 17.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Consul138ian economy, worth 15.4 trillion francs a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, quite specialized black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Automobile Manufacturing. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 43,984 francs, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Foreign policy is mostly just to smile and hope for the best, it's rare to find an unchewed pencil, artists from across the nation compete to renovate the restrooms of old government buildings, and crowds of flag-burning protesters tend to accidentally become crowds of burning protesters. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force. Consul138's national animal is the eagle, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Consul138 is ranked 260,045^th in the world and 151^st in Lower Llobregat for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring -4.56 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.