The United Socialist States of Cot Deviet is a colossal, socially progressive nation, ruled by Chancellor Sommer with an iron fist, and notable for its compulsory military service, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 6.612 billion Cot Devietians are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Singapore. The average income tax rate is 72.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Cot Devietian economy, worth 972 trillion Vitaliks a year, is fairly diversified and dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 147,074 Vitaliks, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Environmental protestors are being rounded up and taken away in sinister black vans as a massive land development campaign gets underway, retirement homes are often fitted with luxurious suites, captains must wait until all rats are safe before jumping ship, and Chancellor Sommer panders to nontraditional families. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cot Deviet's national animal is the Desert Fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Cot Deviet is ranked 134,893^rd in the world and 1,022^nd in Europe for Safest, scoring 66.06 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.