The Confederacy of Kolashnakov is a huge, efficient nation, remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and complete lack of prisons. The hard-nosed population of 550 million Kolashnakovians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The large, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 47.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Kolashnakovian economy, worth 34.5 trillion blood-ounces a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Trout Farming, and Retail. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 62,698 blood-ounces, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

Banana distribution among collective farm workers is an important topic in public discourse, teenagers are told they're not thinking about sex enough, the Kolashnakov Automotive Racing Series draws millions of spectators annually while those near the tracks complain about the noise, and the Coast Guard is pioneering a quixotic program to train fish. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kolashnakov's national animal is the Armadillo, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Kolashnakov is ranked 185,444^th in the world and 6,793^rd in Osiris for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 50 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.