The Soothing Blanket of Coddlespa is a titanic, safe nation, ruled by Missus Butters with a fair hand, and notable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, irreverence towards religion, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 13.598 billion Coddleds 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 Welfare, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of The Sauna. The average income tax rate is 47.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The strong Coddlespan economy, worth 714 trillion coddles a year, is led by the Cheese Exports industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Retail. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 52,557 coddles, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Children prefer to begin their day with push-ups rather than breakfast, ambulances aren't allowed to overtake hearses, Coddlespa successfully hosted the Key Results Union Olympics, and for some reason the census focuses on daily banana ingestion and hourly quip rate. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Coddlespa's national animal is the chihuahua, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Coddlespa is ranked 194,138^th in the world and 11^th in Key Results Union for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -2.79 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.