The Allied States of Continental Army is a massive, orderly nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 4.871 billion Continental Armyians are proud of their wide-ranging civil freedoms, and those who aren't tend to be dragged off the streets by men in dark suits and hustled into cars with tinted windows.

The tiny, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Spirituality, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 7.9%.

The Continental Armyian economy, worth 227 trillion Dollars a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Woodchip Exports, Trout Farming, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 46,622 Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.6 times as much as the poorest.

The alarmingly racist TV show 'Bigtopians Say the Darndest Things' is a hit, the mining industry is making inroads into environmentally sensitive areas, college students make ends meet by selling their kidneys, and political parties are banned from advertising and receiving private donations. Crime is a problem, probably because of the absence of a police force. Continental Army's national animal is the Turkey, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Continental Army is ranked 247,860^th in the world and 49^th in Byzantine Christendom for Lowest Crime Rates, with 52.66 law-abiding acts per hour.