The Republic of Kushra is a small, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its compulsory military service and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, devout population of 20 million Kushrans 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 relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Administration, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 13.2%.

The Kushran economy, worth 1.26 trillion florins a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Furniture Restoration, Woodchip Exports, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 63,066 florins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.5 times as much as the poorest.

It's illegal to be caught on tape, kids these days know how to throw a proper punch, no personal detail is too tiny for the suede-denim census police, and only 'organics' are permitted to be citizens. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Kushra's national animal is the Rhino, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Kushra is ranked 62,364^th in the world and 92^nd in Karma for Most Cultured, scoring 70 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.