The Former Osiris Pharaoh of Kothles is a titanic, orderly nation, notable for its keen interest in outer space, punitive income tax rates, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 18.521 billion Kothlesians 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, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 54.9%.

The very strong Kothlesian economy, worth a remarkable 1,605 trillion somethings 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, broadly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, Information Technology, and Retail. 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 86,685 somethings, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 320,993 per year while the poor average 16,484, a ratio of 19.5 to 1.

It can be a real jungle in a modern courtroom, translators have been hired to deal with the varying regional accents during national political debates, prisoners work-share to cut down rising costs of keeping them in jail, and glittering new sports stadiums adorn every city and town. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kothles's national animal is the something else, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Kothles is ranked 143,164^th in the world and 6^th in The Beech Beach House for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 1,180.02 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.