The Eternal Misfortune of Copercia is a gargantuan, safe nation, renowned for its compulsory vegetarianism, ritual sacrifices, and hatred of cheese. The hard-nosed, democratic, humorless, devout population of 25.366 billion Copercians enjoy great social freedoms and frequent elections, where the majority of the populace regularly votes to increase its benefits at the expense of various hapless minorities.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt, moralistic, socially-minded, outspoken government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Environment, Law & Order, and Spirituality. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Copercian economy, worth a remarkable 6,298 trillion Coperciums a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is solely comprised of the Basket Weaving industry. Average income is an amazing 248,295 Coperciums, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Citizens are encouraged to report friends, family members or co-workers who seem depressed to the government for "counselling", being Leader has been voted one of the top ten most dangerous jobs, male celebrity chefs are laughed at for their lack of manliness, and invading armies are given hard glares for their cheek. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Copercia's national animal is the Octopus, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is a major religion.

Copercia is ranked 267,238^th in the world and 29^th in Pencil Sharpeners Puppet Storage for Largest Manufacturing Sector, scoring 2,917.63 on the Gooback-Jerbs Productivity Index.