The Republic of Curative Agent 16 is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its zero percent divorce rate, prohibition of alcohol, and suspicion of poets. The compassionate, devout population of 1.138 billion Curative Agent 16ians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Spirituality, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 47.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Curative Agent 16ian economy, worth 41.9 trillion Credits 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 Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Furniture Restoration, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 36,789 Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Marine biology students are shocked to discover that a whale is a mammal, murder rates are on the rise as the popularity of soylent products grows, a major religion has been named as Curative Agent 16's national religion, and Leader has just been declared ruler of Curative Agent 16 in an international press conference. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Curative Agent 16's national animal is the Trout, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Curative Agent 16 is ranked 110,007^th in the world and 100^th in Blue Chevron for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry, scoring 2,799.13 on the Spitz-Pollish Productivity Index.