The Socialist People's Republic of Kogure is a colossal, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by General Secretary Sun Taejin with an iron fist, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, smutty television, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, cynical population of 3.568 billion Kogureans are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tongdo. The average income tax rate is 91.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Kogurean economy, worth 589 trillion ryus a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 165,257 ryus, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Every new toxic waste dump comes with a seal of approval from the government's science advisor, commuters travel in zigzags to avoid stalking accusations, annulments are on the rise as couples discover their ancestors were born in the same hospitals, and political commentators say that General Secretary Sun Taejin's fruitcake plans are about to go pear-shaped. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kogure's national animal is the crane, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Kogure is ranked 15,300^th in the world and 1^st in Solanaria for Safest, scoring 115.75 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.