The Republic of Cardiothoracic surgery is a massive, safe nation, remarkable for its prohibition of alcohol, daily referendums, and keen interest in outer space. The compassionate population of 1.44 billion Cardiothoracic surgeryians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 30.1%.

The strong Cardiothoracic surgeryian economy, worth 88.8 trillion NKBS a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Trout Farming. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 61,690 NKBS, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.3 times as much as the poorest.

Human sacrifice to the metaphorical altar of Mammon ensures national prosperity, lines of trenches demarcate the nation's borders, cities in Cardiothoracic surgery declare independence based on interpretation of the historic meaning of cave paintings, and Leader has just been declared ruler of Cardiothoracic surgery in an international press conference. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cardiothoracic surgery's national animal is the NKB, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Cardiothoracic surgery is ranked 100,007^th in the world and 4,200^th in Osiris for Safest, scoring 82.65 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.