The Republic of -Cocogoat- is a huge, genial nation, notable for its public floggings, parental licensing program, and irreverence towards religion. The cynical population of 576 million Cocogoats 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 government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Education. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 38.2%.

The a Cocogoat economy, worth 29.0 trillion Moras a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Furniture Restoration industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Soda Sales. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 50,394 Moras, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 190,832 per year while the poor average 9,248, a ratio of 20.6 to 1.

Park rangers struggle to deal with a rash of stolen pic-a-nic baskets, the government has put a kid glove on the invisible hand of the free market, skateboarding is considered a form of diplomacy, and breast milk lattes are the newest fad among hip urbanites. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. -Cocogoat-'s national animal is the Cocogoat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

-Cocogoat- is ranked 115,394^th in the world and 11^th in The Moon for Nicest Citizens, with 13 average smiles per day.