The Modified Democratic States of Cogitation is a behemoth, efficient nation, ruled by James Chronicle with an even hand, and renowned for its soft-spoken computers, state-planned economy, and daily referendums. The compassionate, cheerful population of 51.689 billion Cogitationites 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 prioritizes Education, although Environment, Defense, and Industry are also considered important, while Spirituality and International Aid are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Cogitation City. The average income tax rate is 20.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Cognitive economy, worth an astonishing 10,307 trillion pennies a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 199,418 pennies, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Youth rights demonstrations often end in vicious snowball fights, catching an old friend by surprise on the street can be a shocking experience, James Chronicle always arrives fashionably late and smelling of mushrooms, and voters must frequently select what they view as the lesser of two evils on the ballot. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Cogitation's national animal is the wise owl, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Cogitation is ranked 21,186^th in the world and 1^st in The Realm of Ambrosia for Safest, scoring 112.87 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.