The Federal Republic of Kosetka is a very large, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its compulsory military service, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 433 million Kosetkans are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The large, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 60.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Kosetkan economy, worth 16.9 trillion Kosetkan Rubles a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 39,075 Kosetkan Rubles, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Squeaky high prepubescent voices recite the patriotic poem "Hail to The Leader!" before each meal, earthquake sirens are a leading cause of hearing loss, the phrase 'spreading like wildfire' is no longer in the public lexicon, and bus ads propagandize causes ranging from sexual revolution to religious pogroms. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kosetka's national animal is the Emperor Penguin, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Kosetka is ranked 170,885^th in the world and 200^th in Concord for Largest Black Market, with 823 billion Standard Monetary Units.