The Republic of Curative Agent 85 is a massive, cultured nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape, irreverence towards religion, and restrictive gun laws. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 1.354 billion Curative Agent 85ians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 23.0%.

The strong Curative Agent 85ian economy, worth 68.8 trillion Credits a year, is led by the Door-to-door Insurance Sales industry, with major contributions from Retail, Furniture Restoration, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 50,848 Credits, with the richest citizens earning 5.2 times as much as the poorest.

Victims of limb-mauling industrial accidents are told to keep working with their remaining hand, there is a growing belief that consciousness is a simulated illusion within a computer-generated reality, farting etiquette is taught in schools, and the police double as repo men. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Curative Agent 85's national animal is the Trout, which can occasionally be seen avoiding garbage in the nation's murky oceans.

Curative Agent 85 is ranked 193,828^th in the world and 225^th in Blue Chevron for Largest Governments, scoring 10.95 on the Bureaucratic Comprehensiveness Rating Scale Index.