The Empire of Compli is a massive, cultured nation, remarkable for its otherworldly petting zoo, absence of drug laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 2.081 billion Complians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 54.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Complian economy, worth 243 trillion dollars 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 large, well-organized, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Trout Farming, and Book Publishing. 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 an impressive 117,164 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

90% of active duty CAF personnel have been laid off and replaced by robot kill-drones, slackers at work are told to "crack on with it", the word "mother" is the favourite punchline of ribald comics, and glittering new sports stadiums adorn every city and town. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Compli's national animal is the elephant, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Compli is ranked 41,124^th in the world and 1,314^th in the South Pacific for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 3,948.52 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.