The Republic of Codland is a massive, safe nation, ruled by DarkErminia with a fair hand, and remarkable for its compulsory military service, sprawling nuclear power plants, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 1.303 billion Codlandians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Dusktopia. The average income tax rate is 46.7%.

The frighteningly efficient Codlandian economy, worth 175 trillion Eyecrosses a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Retail, and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 134,747 Eyecrosses, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.3 times as much as the poorest.

Many marriages end in murder, the government keeps its thumb on the scales of justice, C-SPAN viewership drops as MPs act their age, and confessions don't count if suffixed with "izzle". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Codland's national animal is the Simiri, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Codland is ranked 48,989^th in the world and 7^th in The Archipelago States for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 4,423.22 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.