The United Republic of Kolm is a titanic, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its keen interest in outer space, soft-spoken computers, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 21.267 billion Kolmarians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Environment, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Talchor. The average income tax rate is 89.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming Kolmarian economy, worth a remarkable 1,812 trillion barres a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is extremely specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism. Average income is 85,214 barres, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government spends more on chasing distant comets than on basic infrastructure, the jails are alive with the sound of birdsong, politicians tend to jump ship to whichever party is currently leading in the polls, and pretending to be prejudiced is a good way to get out of jury duty. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kolm's national animal is the great-tailed grackle, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Kolm is ranked 312,981^st in the world and 11^th in The Straw Hat Pirates for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 9,032.78 Standard Monetary Units.