The Second Tsardom of Cothern is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Tsar Porchkiev Czargov II with a fair hand, and notable for its strictly enforced bedtime, vat-grown people, and compulsory military service. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 1.525 billion Cothernites enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Janlea. The average income tax rate is 50.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Cothernite economy, worth 184 trillion Tsar's notes a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Retail. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 120,868 Tsar's notes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Military recruitment numbers are down as citizens object on 'moral grounds', a few people seem to spend their whole time complaining, corporate executives continue to enjoy generous tax benefits while the public is taxed to the hilt, and the military has grudgingly released all top secret information in an effort for greater transparency. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Cothern's national animal is the Bear, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Eastern Roman Catholic.

Cothern is ranked 30,734^th in the world and 5^th in Thegye for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 5,237.61 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.