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“In Lumine Tuo Videbimus Lumen”

The United States of Cookesland is a colossal, socially progressive nation, ruled by President Alan Foxswift with an iron fist, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls. Its hard-nosed, hard-working population of 7.958 billion 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.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it devotes most of its attentions to Education, with areas such as Social Equality and Public Transport receiving almost no funds by comparison. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Coricas. The average income tax rate is 89%. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Book Publishing industry, followed by Tourism and Beef-Based Agriculture.

The government is sending thousands of citizens overseas to defend a square mile of land, citizens may cast their vote over the internet or phone, movies and computer games are strictly censored for violence, and truth is often impossible to tell from fiction on the evening news. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cookesland's national animal is the Blue Owl, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Piero.

Cookesland is ranked 2nd in the region and 666th in the world for Most Politically Apathetic Citizens.