The Allied States of Conservates is a huge, efficient nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and fear of technology. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 220 million Conservatesians are free to succeed or fail in life on their own merits; the successful tend to enjoy an opulent (but moralistic) lifestyle, while the failures can be seen crowding out most jails.

The relatively small, moralistic, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 11.1%.

The very strong Conservatesian economy, worth 12.6 trillion eagleses a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Gambling. Average income is 57,070 eagleses, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 262,106 per year while the poor average 7,540, a ratio of 34.8 to 1.

The Violetist community celebrates bombshells being dropped on Conservates, the nationalised Arms Manufacturing Industry is not interested in making weapons, some are born loving old plays and some have old plays thrust upon them, and third world countries are rich in "I Love Conservates City" t-shirts. Crime is moderate, possibly because it is difficult to make it through a day without breaking one of the country's many regulations. Conservates's national animal is the eagle, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution.

Conservates is ranked 11,533^rd in the world and 20^th in Sophia for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 5,884.91 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.