The United Republics of Abskosmos is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Chancellor Walter Schneider with a fair hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, ubiquitous missile silos, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.379 billion Kosmians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Munich. The average income tax rate is 78.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Kosmian economy, worth 153 trillion Marks a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is an impressive 111,505 Marks, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Politicians who misplace decimal points on expense reports are fired for gross incompetence, snap elections are called whenever there's a chance to increase Chancellor Walter Schneider's majority, the nation is regarded as a paragon of democracy, and Brancaland has gifted over nine thousand putrid moose carcasses to Abskosmos as a reminder of their "special relationship". Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Abskosmos's national animal is the Golden Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Abskosmos is ranked 20,330^th in the world and 709^th in The North Pacific for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 7,981.57 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.