The Commonwealth of City of the Future is a colossal, efficient nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, ritual sacrifices, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 4.656 billion City of the Futureans live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The relatively small, pro-business, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Healthcare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 9.9%.

The very strong City of the Futurean economy, worth 254 trillion Galactic Credit Standards a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Pizza Delivery industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Woodchip Exports, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 54,490 Galactic Credit Standards, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 258,539 per year while the poor average 6,777, a ratio of 38.1 to 1.

There has been a rapid increase of noise complaints over the sound of buzzing bees, the government funds private schools for intellectually gifted children, all statues and paintings of dogs are being destroyed to avoid offending cat-lovers, and Leader has just been declared ruler of City of the Future in an international press conference. Crime is a problem. City of the Future's national animal is the Space wolf, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

City of the Future is ranked 196,463^rd in the world and 5^th in Celestial Frontiers for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 948.66 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.