The Democratic States of Council of America is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by President Wiemold with an iron fist, and remarkable for its prohibition of alcohol, complete lack of prisons, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 2.812 billion Americans are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, although Law & Order, Education, and Administration are also considered important. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Washington DC. The average income tax rate is 96.1%.

The frighteningly efficient American economy, worth 612 trillion Dollars 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 an enormous, deeply entrenched black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Trout Farming, and Beef-Based Agriculture. 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 an amazing 217,928 Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The entire entry for Council of America in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the World reads 'mostly harmless', vacationing Americans expect to be treated as royalty, teach an angler how to phish and he can make a living, and unwary hikers climbing the bluffs of Mount Washington DC make great practice for foreign snipers. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Council of America's national animal is the Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Atheism.

Council of America is ranked 12,589^th in the world and 232^nd in The Communist Bloc for Smartest Citizens, with 81.46 quips per hour.