The Commonwealth of The Cavalier is a tiny, safe nation, renowned for its compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 8 million Cavaliers are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Spirituality, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 28.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Commonwealth economy, worth 348 billion dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Retail, Soda Sales, and Trout Farming. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 43,582 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Thousands of children die every day from easily curable illnesses, adult stores are all sold out of whips, millions of simultaneously backfiring toilets have flooded The Cavalier City with effluent, and adulthood begins with the creation of an email account. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Cavalier's national animal is the horse, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

The Cavalier is ranked 151,810^th in the world and 209^th in Christians for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 703.38 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.