The Mutual Democratic Alliance of CogDelve is a massive, safe nation, ruled by AstralKirb with a fair hand, and remarkable for its daily referendums, national health service, and hatred of cheese. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.839 billion CogDelvers are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of CogSpire. The average income tax rate is 92.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse CogDelvera economy, worth 191 trillion Quarter Notes a year, is highly specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 103,655 Quarter Notes, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Every workday begins with group therapy, the latest Harry Potter book is a bestseller, group hugs break out during floor votes, and space shuttles are lying silent on the runway till the Space Agency can work out how to fit a creche and a meditation room into their next spacecraft. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. CogDelve's national animal is the Biggie Cheese, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is The Void.

CogDelve is ranked 34,665^th in the world and 122^nd in the Outback for Most Developed, scoring 81.41 on the Human Development Index.