The Powerhouse of Capetola XII is a gargantuan, safe nation, ruled by Sansha with an iron fist, and remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, museums and concert halls, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 31.785 billion Capetolians are ruled with an iron fist by the socialist government, which grants its people the freedom to do whatever they like so long as it doesn't involve getting richer than anybody else or challenging the government.

The medium-sized, liberal, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capetola City. The average income tax rate is 80.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Capetolian economy, worth a remarkable 6,199 trillion Westers a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 195,041 Westers, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Weekends are spent tilting at windmills, tourists are forbidden to enter Native Capetolian lands, heartfelt sentiments are mercilessly marketed by a million-Wester treacle machine, and up to 40% of voters can finally read the issues they're deciding on. Crime is totally unknown. Capetola XII's national animal is the Fury, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Hedonism.

Capetola XII is ranked 23,703^rd in the world and 2^nd in Region Inc for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 6,512.35 on the Gilded Widget Scale.