The COOPERATIVE of Vivien is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by GENERAL SECRETARY OF CENTRAL COMMITTEE with an iron fist, and notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 8.499 billion PEOPLE are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The relatively small, corrupt, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, although Industry is also considered important, while Environment and Welfare aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of VIVIENGRAD. The average income tax rate is 40.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient PEOPLE economy, worth a remarkable 2,601 trillion REDFLAGS a year, is led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Soda Sales, Book Publishing, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an amazing 306,128 REDFLAGS, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

An increasing number of citizens believe the world is flat, all recreational drugs are legal, to 'cut off family ties' is no longer just a phrase, and research into 'designer babies' is banned. Crime, especially youth-related, is so common that it is unusual to encounter someone following the law, probably because of the absence of a police force. Vivien's national animal is the RAT, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is the opium of the people.

Vivien is ranked 149,384^th in the world and 5,277^th in the Pacific for Highest Workforce Participation Rate, with 33.92 Workforce Participation Rate.