The Black Swan of The Korean Federation is a mammoth, orderly nation, ruled by Black Swan with an iron fist, and renowned for its pith helmet sales, national health service, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 7.558 billion Memokeepers are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Garden of Recollection. The average income tax rate is 71.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Memokeeper economy, worth a remarkable 1,170 trillion Jade Feathers a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Retail. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 154,833 Jade Feathers, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

On graduation day the hats thrown in the air fly high enough to stun passing pigeons, the nation's new foreign policy of 'very disproportionate retribution' has its neighbors on edge, the Ministry of Truthiness now manages the entire media industry, and bug burgers are extra crunchy. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The Korean Federation's national animal is the Warp Trotter, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Fuli the Remembrance.

The Korean Federation is ranked 25,434^th in the world and 3^rd in The Astral Express for Smartest Citizens, with 61.19 quips per hour.