The Most Serene Republic of Cocteau Twins is a huge, genial nation, notable for its frequent executions, state-planned economy, and public floggings. The compassionate, democratic population of 372 million Cocteau Twins love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 27.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Cocteau Twinsian economy, worth 8.47 trillion Garlands 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 a slick, highly efficient, fairly diversified black market in Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Tourism, Pizza Delivery, and Information Technology. 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 22,775 Garlands, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Increasing inclusiveness is a sign of the times, policemen regularly conduct midnight raids on closed donut shops to 'collect evidence', the government loves seeing the little people fight, and unpopular politicians are often caught between a rock and a hard place. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cocteau Twins's national animal is the Frou-Frou Fox.

Cocteau Twins is ranked 247,510^th in the world and 12,481^st in Osiris for Most Advanced Public Transport, scoring 459.6 on the Societal Mobility Rating.