The Overseas Province of Kolowesi is a massive, genial nation, notable for its keen interest in outer space, state-planned economy, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, cynical population of 2.37 billion Kolowesians 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 Defense, Law & Order, and Education. The average income tax rate is 62.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Kolowesian economy, worth 197 trillion scudoes 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 led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Information Technology, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 83,447 scudoes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Nature reserves often contain artificial waterfalls and concrete paths, weather forecasts regularly cover meteor showers, Leader has no checks and balances after the upper house was abolished, and liberals and conservatives try to disqualify each other's candidates on the grounds that "their ideas would never work in the real world". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kolowesi's national animal is the salamander, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Kolowesi is ranked 220,434^th in the world and 5^th in United Island Nations for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 31,626.6 Standard Monetary Units.