The Conglomerate Prefecture of Kookand is a titanic, socially progressive nation, ruled by Governor Dorde with a fair hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, state-planned economy, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 13.175 billion Kookandians 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 Administration, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Birgenof. The average income tax rate is 97.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Kookandian economy, worth a remarkable 2,350 trillion Jenstar Ancíres a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing and Tourism. Average income is an impressive 178,394 Jenstar Ancíres, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Torture is illegal, criminals identify as innocent, preservative manufacturers are told to put a lid on it, and students learn how to disarm mines before understanding basic arithmetic. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Kookand's national animal is the Rabbit, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Darteism.

Kookand is ranked 303,695^th in the world and 3^rd in Konteka People Organization for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -9.26 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.