The Confederation of Coque Borie Lethawik is a colossal, socially progressive nation, ruled by the Council of Supervisors with a fair hand, and renowned for its unlimited-speed roads, absence of drug laws, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 7.049 billion Coque Borie Lethawikians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Merrion. The average income tax rate is 99.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Coque Borie Lethawikian economy, worth a remarkable 1,667 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 quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Retail. Average income is an amazing 236,596 Credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Libraries are now installed with jacuzzis and mini-bars, artists from across the nation compete to renovate the restrooms of old government buildings, police officers find government bureaucracy more terrifying than most serial killers, and the fire brigade often deal with cases of burnt toast. Crime is totally unknown. Coque Borie Lethawik's national animal is the Z Scoopmidae, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Secular.

Coque Borie Lethawik is ranked 256,605^th in the world and 1,243^rd in Europe for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry, scoring -4.69 on the Spitz-Pollish Productivity Index.