The Terrible Swift Sword of James Cook is a gargantuan, safe nation, notable for its prohibition of alcohol and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed population of 26.636 billion James Cookians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. The average income tax rate is 58.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The James Cookian economy, worth a remarkable 1,172 trillion $$s a year, is quite specialized and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Furniture Restoration, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 44,005 $$s, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Powerful x-ray machines used by the Customs Department can see into the homes of nearby residents, internet searches for the inventor of the three-wheeled steam-powered James Cookian weed picker are way up, the term cold case has taken on a very literal meaning, and everyone has the equal opportunity to have their wallet stolen. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. James Cook's national animal is the Dolly Varden, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

James Cook is ranked 287,873^rd in the world and 1^st in Society Islands for Highest Drug Use, scoring 24.87 on the Pineapple Fondness Rating.