The Federation of Kodea is a tiny, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, irreverence towards religion, and suspicion of poets. The quiet, industrious population of 7 million Kodeans are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 19.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Kodean economy, worth 331 billion Credits a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Arms Manufacturing, and Retail. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 47,341 Credits, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.8 times as much as the poorest.

Kids are arrested at gunpoint for playing with toy rifles, Kodea City has become the number one destination for urban exploration in Europeia, teams of painters are converting road signs from horse lengths to kilometers, and nudity is frowned upon. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kodea's national animal is the falcon, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Kodea is ranked 204,735^th in the world and 972^nd in Europeia for Nicest Citizens, with 12 average smiles per day.