The State of Coque is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, renowned for its state-planned economy and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 38.726 billion Coqueans are effectively ruled by a group of massive corporations, who run for political office and provide their well-off citizens with world-class goods and services. Their poorer citizens, however, are mostly starving to death while being urged to go out and get real jobs. The populace has reasonably extensive civil rights, although these are mostly aimed at allowing them to buy whatever they like.

The medium-sized, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Central Heights. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 23.4%.

The strong Coquean economy, worth a remarkable 1,885 trillion betales a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is dominated by the Gambling industry, with significant contributions from Soda Sales, Furniture Restoration, and Automobile Manufacturing. Average income is 48,692 betales, with the richest citizens earning 8.4 times as much as the poorest.

The government is reigning in public spending, streakers swamp all public events in order to bare it all, young children are regularly seen wagering pocket money at blackjack tables, and Coque has designated Central Heights as its capital city. Crime is moderate. Coque's national animal is the deer.

Coque is ranked 251,306^th in the world and 497^th in State for Nicest Citizens, with 8.98 average smiles per day.