The Commonwealth of Computal is a massive, genial nation, remarkable for its irreverence towards religion, restrictive gun laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 2.995 billion Computalians 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 enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 78.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Computalian economy, worth 296 trillion bits a year, is highly specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Trout Farming, and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 99,090 bits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

School children are expected to know the names of all seven hundred native tribes and their cultural practices, captains must wait until all rats are safe before jumping ship, online terrorists are automatically assigned adverts for cheap balaclavas, and children searching for cat videos must watch dogs in equal proportion. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Computal's national animal is the python, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Computal is ranked 25,227^th in the world and 987^th in The North Pacific for Most Cultured, scoring 85 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.