The United Kingdom of New Cordyceps is a massive, efficient nation, ruled by Keir Starmer MP with a fair hand, and renowned for its unlimited-speed roads, public floggings, and infamous sell-swords. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, cheerful population of 3.758 billion Brits live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The enormous, corrupt, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Industry, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of London. The average income tax rate is 97.2%.

The frighteningly efficient British economy, worth 508 trillion Quid a year, is extremely specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism. Average income is an impressive 135,225 Quid, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.5 times as much as the poorest.

Elections have become procedural nightmares due to voters persistently rejecting candidates, savvy nightclub-goers know that structurally unsound venues sell the cheapest drinks, minorities play dumb to get more welfare payments, and crossword puzzles have been co-opted as a symbol of racial discrimination. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. New Cordyceps's national animal is the Fish, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

New Cordyceps is ranked 314,862^nd in the world and 5,813^th in The North Pacific for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -21.14 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.