The Dazzling Display of Comets is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its burgeoning Carbon population. The hard-nosed population of 22.157 billion Cometsians 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 large government prioritizes Defense, although Social Policy, Environment, and Law & Order are also considered important. The average income tax rate is 43.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Cometsian economy, worth 602 trillion Comet Dusts a year, is highly specialized and led by the Door-to-door Insurance Sales industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Soda Sales. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 27,175 Comet Dusts, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

The nation is ravaged by daily union strikes, voting is voluntary, military spending is on the increase, and the government is reining in public spending. Crime is relatively low, thanks to a capable police force. Comets's national animal is the Carbon, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Comets is ranked 203,766^th in the world and 63^rd in Atlantian Oceania for Nicest Citizens, with 9.76 average smiles per day.