The Federal Republic of Cobalite is a huge, socially progressive nation, ruled by President Salamasi Kaltas with a fair hand, and renowned for its frequent executions, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 918 million Cobaliteans enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Turellis. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 57.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Cobalitean economy, worth 98.8 trillion Instaxes a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 107,653 Instaxes, with the richest citizens earning 5.4 times as much as the poorest.

The government tries not to listen to the people unless it absolutely has to, every week is blindness awareness week, annual government budgets include a sizeable spend on "making things look fabulous", and Cobalite has been recently classified as an international menace after 'liberating' several nearby territories. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Cobalite's national animal is the Geopelia, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Cobalite is ranked 24,189^th in the world and 58^th in Christians for Smartest Citizens, with 62.67 quips per hour.