The Democratic States of Council of America is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by President Lindsay Sweetwater with an iron fist, and remarkable for its frequent executions, infamous sell-swords, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 6.792 billion Americans are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, with Law & Order, Education, and Administration also on the agenda. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Washington DC. The average income tax rate is 98.2%.

The frighteningly efficient American economy, worth a remarkable 1,729 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, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Book Publishing. 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 254,603 Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Awkward tourists are offered the 'unique experience' of rodeo clown, the people consider response to rudeness to be an acceptable casus belli, the national colors help to make everyone look slimmer, and citizens have reported seeing strange rays of light emanating from the moon. 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 171,163^rd in the world and 421^st in The Communist Bloc for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 127.04 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.