The Christmas Marital Community of The Bowtie Consensus is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by the Consuls Benigni with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, zero percent divorce rate, and public floggings. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 15.36 billion sci fi nerds 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 prioritizes Education, although Environment, Industry, and Administration are also considered important. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Atlanta. The average income tax rate is 95.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Bowtie Consensusian economy, worth a remarkable 3,196 trillion francs a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 208,098 francs, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Group hugs break out during floor votes, foreign policy often involves bullwhips and leather, space shuttles regularly launch rubbish into space, and the new national campaign exhorts men to "Show Some Class - Don't Sit On Your Ass". Crime is totally unknown. The Bowtie Consensus's national animal is the elephant, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Altar of Roddenberry.

The Bowtie Consensus is ranked 284,823^rd in the world and 33^rd in Benigtopia for Most Corrupt Governments, with 0.56 kickbacks per hour.