The People's Republic of Even Better Korea is a colossal, cultured nation, remarkable for its pith helmet sales, ubiquitous missile silos, and frequent executions. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless population of 6.287 billion Even Better Koreans 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 relatively small, corrupt, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, with Law & Order, Industry, and Education also on the agenda, while Social Policy and Spirituality aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of vault 76. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 5.4%.

The frighteningly efficient Even Better Korean economy, worth a remarkable 1,760 trillion lire a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an amazing 279,948 lire, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,274,053 per year while the poor average 37,605, a ratio of 33.9 to 1.

Glittering new sports stadiums adorn every city and town, minorities play dumb to get more welfare payments, foreigners must sell an arm and a leg to afford surgery in Even Better Korea, and it's hunting season on loan sharks. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Even Better Korea's national animal is the unicorn, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Even Better Korea is ranked 31,419^th in the world and 1,747^th in Balder for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 5,513.53 on the Gilded Widget Scale.