The Empire of Conseil-des-Douze is a huge, efficient nation, remarkable for its public floggings, state-planned economy, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, devout population of 300 million Kafs and a few Mahoules 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 large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tsilaosa. The average income tax rate is 53.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Concil Of Twelve Kings and Queens economy, worth 26.5 trillion Piastres 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, quite specialized black market in Trout Farming, Beef-Based Agriculture, Arms Manufacturing, and Tourism. 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 88,471 Piastres, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Citizens are remarkably well involved in the political process, remote-control hang-gliding scarecrows patrol the skies to keep songbirds from leaving the nation's borders, the new national campaign exhorts men to "Show Some Class - Don't Sit On Your Ass", and sleeping on the job is recommended. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Conseil-des-Douze's national animal is the Moka Beef, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Conseil-des-Douze is ranked 15,433^rd in the world and 18^th in Africa for Highest Food Quality, scoring 133.25 on the Meeshlin-Starr Index.