The Commonwealth of A loaf of bread is a mammoth, safe nation, notable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, compulsory military service, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, devout population of 7.289 billion loaf of breadians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized, moralistic, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Catlandia. The average income tax rate is 30.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong loaf of breadian economy, worth 519 trillion treats 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 slick, highly efficient, broadly diversified black market in Tourism, Beef-Based Agriculture, Cheese Exports, and Uranium Mining. 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 71,230 treats, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

When shaking hands with foreign leaders Leader wears an armoured gauntlet, some are born loving old plays and some have old plays thrust upon them, Dogman-branded weapons are all the rage in the militaristic comic-book community, and a blood-red mark on the doorframe means a building must be passed over for destruction. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. A loaf of bread's national animal is the Bird, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

A loaf of bread is ranked 67,297^th in the world and 31^st in Dawnstar for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 49,790.42 Standard Monetary Units.