The Private Military Companies of Cool Fish is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Big Mouth Billy Bass with an iron fist, and notable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, complete lack of prisons, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 4.189 billion Cool Fishians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, although Law & Order, Administration, and Industry are also considered important, while Environment and Spirituality are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Bass Pro Shops Pyramid. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 78.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Cool Fishian economy, worth 884 trillion Fishing Lures a year, is broadly diversified and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an amazing 211,214 Fishing Lures, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,301,126 per year while the poor average 14,921, a ratio of 87.2 to 1.

Asking 'a penny for your thoughts?' draws law enforcement response, the military patrols the streets in search of possible secessionists, attempts to inform people about their unclaimed property are often mistaken for telephone scams, and the world still seems flat to some people in space. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cool Fish's national animal is the Largemouth Bass, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Fishing.

Cool Fish is ranked 34,291^st in the world and 36^th in Caer Sidi for Smartest Citizens, with 45.18 quips per hour.