The Empire of Colop is a mammoth, genial nation, ruled by Raynia Sahan Peeler with an even hand, and remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, absence of drug laws, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, devout population of 8.092 billion Colopians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Law & Order, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Colop city. The average income tax rate is 79.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Colopian economy, worth a remarkable 1,629 trillion cols a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an amazing 201,323 cols, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Coffee cups have grown in size to accommodate the huge ingredients list, the government is spending millions on 'trust campaigns' in an effort to win back the public's support, earthquake sirens are a leading cause of hearing loss, and eating kids as food has been enshrined in law. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Colop's national animal is the shark, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is colpision.

Colop is ranked 7,327^th in the world and 401^st in Lazarus for Most Cultured, scoring 129 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.