The Republic of COE is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 11.674 billion COEians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked morass — juggles the competing demands of Defense, Environment, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 66.5%.

The COEian economy, worth 321 trillion guns a year, is highly specialized and led by the Automobile Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Uranium Mining, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 27,534 guns, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.6 times as much as the poorest.

Crime is relatively low, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. COE's national animal is the human, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

COE is ranked 112,131^st in the world and 1^st in The Lefts Nirvana for Least Corrupt Governments, with 93.2 percentage of bribes refused.