The Disputed Territories of CBG-Palisade is a huge, safe nation, notable for its pith helmet sales, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 439 million complete imbeciles are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Welfare, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Gone but not forgotten. The average income tax rate is 57.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish spess lad economy, worth 12.1 trillion Transit Chits a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Information Technology, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 27,584 Transit Chits, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Pareidolic SETI scientists swear there's a message from aliens hidden within pi, complete imbeciles incessantly needle their doctors for relief, the country has been 'going shopping' by annexing nearby nations for their resources, and CBG-Palisade recently decided against having a capital city. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. CBG-Palisade's national animal is the Naval AI.

CBG-Palisade is ranked 53,471^st in the world and 2^nd in The KG Puppet Hole for Lowest Crime Rates, with 69.16 Law-abiding Acts Per Hour.