The Commonwealth of Koragrad is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Louis Verendrake with an iron fist, and renowned for its pith helmet sales, lack of airports, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 2.289 billion Koragradians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, although Law & Order, Industry, and Administration are also considered important, while International Aid and Environment are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Alakorum. The average income tax rate is 69.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Koragradian economy, worth 495 trillion Risas a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is an enormous, deeply entrenched, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Uranium Mining, Woodchip Exports, and Beef-Based Agriculture. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is an amazing 216,634 Risas, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Prisoners pray grey skies are gonna clear up, stealing from a clothesline is a serious offence, truancy officers have a hard time catching children trained in advanced camouflage skills, and citizens are regularly arrested in queues for 'loitering'. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Koragrad's national animal is the Killer Whale, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is State Atheism.

Koragrad is ranked 329,745^th in the world and 5^th in The Combined Nations of Prosperland for Nicest Citizens, with 0.16 average smiles per day.