The Republic of Consul161 is a very large, genial nation, remarkable for its ban on automobiles, compulsory military service, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 326 million Consul161ians 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 Administration. The average income tax rate is 50.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Consul161ian economy, worth 14.7 trillion guilders a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Uranium Mining, and Woodchip Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 45,070 guilders, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

Confused drunks wake up to irate drill sergeants whipping them into shape, people who get diabetes can sue donut manufacturers, government-sponsored gallows are being erected by Violetist temples, and five-year-olds chanting "Little Miss Muffet" are accused of bullying arachnophobes. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Consul161's national animal is the crocodile, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Consul161 is ranked 39,944^th in the world and 52^nd in Lower Llobregat for Nicest Citizens, with 18.66 average smiles per day.