The Principality of Common15 is a colossal, safe nation, ruled by Ho Chi Minh with an even hand, and notable for its frequent executions, otherworldly petting zoo, and fear of technology. The hard-nosed, democratic population of 3.87 billion Common15ians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Hanoi. The average income tax rate is 37.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Common15ian economy, worth 285 trillion marks 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, fairly diversified black market in Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Furniture Restoration. 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 73,662 marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Love is a precious butterfly to be crushed under diplomatic protocol, demand for gourmet white truffles is on the rise, schoolchildren learn an R-rated version of "Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes", and police officers that upset their bosses get assigned to 24 hour stakeouts of bike sheds. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Common15's national animal is the giraffe, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is antinostic.

Common15 is ranked 92,966^th in the world and 5^th in Common Storage for Largest Pizza Delivery Sector, scoring 2,204.39 on the Pepperoni Propulsion Productivity Index.