The Federal Republic of Komarin is a titanic, socially progressive nation, ruled by President Devon Arnheim with a fair hand, and notable for its daily referendums, pith helmet sales, and ubiquitous missile silos. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, humorless population of 17.315 billion Komarinians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Selkirk. The average income tax rate is 74.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Komarinian economy, worth a remarkable 2,454 trillion Komarin Zloties a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 141,745 Komarin Zloties, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.2 times as much as the poorest.

Nuclear submarines have been deployed to protect the nation's banana supply, literature classes frequently go on field trips to rock concerts, diplomatic fallout tends to be much more dangerous than radioactive fallout, and compliance officers smash the kneecaps of unethical bureaucrats. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Komarin's national animal is the Roadrunner, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Starism.

Komarin is ranked 8,772^nd in the world and 19^th in Talonia for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring 67.23 on the Kitten Softness Rating.