The Kitchen of Culinaria is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Chef Kawasaki with an even hand, and renowned for its rum-swilling pirates, vat-grown people, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-working population of 3.475 billion Culinarians are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The medium-sized, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Gastronomica. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 38.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Culinarian economy, worth 394 trillion chocolate coins a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Basket Weaving, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is frequent. Average income is an impressive 113,385 chocolate coins, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 521,938 per year while the poor average 14,917, a ratio of 35.0 to 1.

Frowning on the job is a great way to get a raise, family isn't who you're born with but who you abandon in foreign countries, tantrum-throwing toddlers are regularly imprisoned on assault charges, and modern warfare's call of duty isn't popular with gamers these days. Crime is relatively low, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Culinaria's national animal is the truffle pig, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Foodaism.

Culinaria is ranked 23,672^nd in the world and 43^rd in Gay for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 3,052.11 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.