The Social Democracy of Horatius Cocles is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Leader with an even hand, and renowned for its pith helmet sales, sprawling nuclear power plants, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 22.508 billion Horatius Coclesians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked morass — juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Horatius Cocles City. The average income tax rate is 90.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Horatius Coclesian economy, worth a remarkable 2,080 trillion Denariis a year, is extremely specialized and mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 92,448 Denariis, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Pulling weeds is seen as a threat to national security, the television adaptation of Jennifer Government is the most popular program in the nation, athletic teenagers are among the wealthiest members of society, and saying 'Hi Guys' to a mixed gender group of people at work is a fireable offense. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Horatius Cocles's national animal is the eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Catholicism.

Horatius Cocles is ranked 272,763^rd in the world and 123^rd in Right to Life for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 8,505.3 Standard Monetary Units.