The Democratic States of Koros is a massive, genial nation, notable for its museums and concert halls, vat-grown people, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 3.761 billion Korosians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Nîkihk. The average income tax rate is 93.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Korosian economy, worth 463 trillion dollars a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 123,201 dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Citizens are permitted to carry concealed handguns, popular sunny beaches always have a cloudy outlook, visiting the best Korosian restaurants requires keeping a visa on file, and parents seeking custody have to write a five-thousand word analysis of their child's imaginary friend. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Koros's national animal is the eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Koros is ranked 16,944^th in the world and 417^th in the South Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 307.25 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.