The Colony of Capitol Heights is a huge, safe nation, remarkable for its pith helmet sales and devotion to social welfare. The hard-working, democratic population of 286 million Capitol Heightsians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 20.1%.

The strong Capitol Heightsian economy, worth 21.2 trillion dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Cheese Exports, and Gambling. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 73,965 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.6 times as much as the poorest.

Cyber-crime and tin-foil hat sales are both increasing at record rates, noises louder than a whisper have been prohibited by law, 13-year-old internet trolls are treated as a threat on par with terrorists, and Capitol Heights has designated Capitol Heights City as its capital city. Crime is totally unknown. Capitol Heights's national animal is the Fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Capitol Heights is ranked 72,206^th in the world and 1^st in The Region of Beginners Luck for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry, scoring 2,903.35 on the Spitz-Pollish Productivity Index.