The Democratic Republic of Kobagia is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Gabriel Anthony Losde Bisar with an even hand, and renowned for its enslaved workforce, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 6.9 billion Kobagians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, corrupt morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Merrdelle. The average income tax rate is 82.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Kobagian economy, worth 636 trillion Bagynos a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Furniture Restoration, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is 92,251 Bagynos, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

No-one bats an eye when 'really good platonic friends' of the same sex hold hands in Kobagia, you're only as old as you feel, creating cardboard imitations of missiles is a new top-secret military project, and the flight attendant who draws the short straw is on "cockpit bucket duty". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kobagia's national animal is the Kobagian tiger, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Roman Catholic and Kobagian Christianism.

Kobagia is ranked 7,037^th in the world and 301^st in The North Pacific for Largest Black Market, with 213 trillion Standard Monetary Units.