The Republic of Cod Island is a titanic, orderly nation, remarkable for its parental licensing program, enslaved workforce, and avant-garde cinema. The compassionate, cynical, humorless, devout population of 12.415 billion Cod Islandians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The large, corrupt, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. The average income tax rate is 77.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Cod Islandian economy, worth a remarkable 1,668 trillion Dollars 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 Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. Average income is an impressive 134,412 Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

Cod Islandians are shown the peaceful ways of free trade by force, the state-controlled media salutes those about to spy, legend has it Leader's shower singing echoes through the halls of government, and every workday begins with group therapy. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cod Island's national animal is the Clam, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Cod Island is ranked 122,742^nd in the world and 383^rd in The grimy backyard of Bigej for Largest Cheese Export Sector, scoring 2,699.25 on the Mozzarella Productivity Index.