The Republic of East Coggins is a colossal, socially progressive nation, renowned for its unlimited-speed roads, daily referendums, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The compassionate, hard-working, cheerful, devout population of 9.048 billion East Coggans enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Pinconning. The average income tax rate is 16.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient East Coggan economy, worth a remarkable 1,331 trillion Guilders a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 147,167 Guilders, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Max Barry is this year's Miss East Coggins, a ban on robots in disguise has transformed the entertainment industry, people in East Coggins can die peacefully knowing that all their debts are paid, and gigantic marble churches take up almost half the land area of small villages. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. East Coggins's national animal is the Raccoon, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Unitarian Universalism.

East Coggins is ranked 50,231^st in the world and 7^th in The Sasquatch Republic for Most Patriotic, with 27.41 flags saluted per person per day.