The Old Ancient Fossils of Coal is a mammoth, cultured nation, ruled by BHP Group Limited with an even hand, and remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, state-planned economy, and otherworldly petting zoo. The compassionate, democratic population of 8.363 billion Coal Rocks are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of North Antelope Coal Mine. The average income tax rate is 94.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Coal Rock economy, worth a remarkable 1,551 trillion Fossil Fuels 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 Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 185,516 Fossil Fuels, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Coal Rocks also serve as great lightning rods, cultural heritage is measured in Scoville Heat Units, fifteen-year-olds cannot walk younger siblings to school without a professional Childcare and Education Certificate, and older ladies are inundated with offers to help them cross the road. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Coal's national animal is the Coal Fossil, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Fossil Fuelism.

Coal is ranked 2,422^nd in the world and 1^st in Sedna for Safest, scoring 140.25 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.